PcgRandom is a .NET port of the C Library from pcg-random.org.
It provides a high-level API (which is a drop-in replacement for System.Random) and a low-level
API (which is roughly equivalent to the "high level" C API; there is no equivalent in this library
to the "low level" C API).
The PcgRandom library provides an implementation of System.Random that produces pseudorandom
numbers that are less predictable and pass more statistical tests for randomness.
The API is the same as System.Random:
System.Random rng = new Pcg.PcgRandom();
int randomNumber = rng.Next();
int boundedNumber = rng.Next(6); // die roll
int rangedNumber = rng.Next(1000, 2000); // from 1000-1999
double randomDouble = rng.NextDouble();
byte[] bytes = new byte[16];
rng.NextBytes(bytes); // fill an array with random numbers
The primary low-level type is Pcg32, which implements the pcg32_random_t
type described in the C library documentation.
Pcg32Single has the same API, but provides a single stream. Given the large period, if
multiple RNGs are initialized properly, it is unlikely that the outputs will ever coincide.