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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+ <maintainer type="project">
+ <email>haskell@gentoo.org</email>
+ <name>Gentoo Haskell</name>
+ </maintainer>
+ <longdescription>
+ This package contains code for generating high quality random
+ numbers that follow either a uniform or normal distribution. The
+ generated numbers are suitable for use in statistical applications.
+
+ The uniform PRNG uses Marsaglia's MWC256 (also known as MWC8222)
+ multiply-with-carry generator, which has a period of 2^8222 and
+ fares well in tests of randomness. It is also extremely fast,
+ between 2 and 3 times faster than the Mersenne Twister.
+
+ Compared to the mersenne-random package, this package has a more
+ convenient API, is faster, and supports more statistical
+ distributions.
+ </longdescription>
+ <upstream>
+ <remote-id type="github">bos/mwc-random</remote-id>
+ </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>