The VAX MTH$RANDOM Generator in Python

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So I needed the ole’ VAX MTH$RANDOM for a puzzle. I like python. Here’s what I came up with after reading some gsl docs : 
 def vax_rand ( seed ): 
 a = 69069 
 c = 1 
 m = 2 ** 32 
 while True : 
 seed = divmod ( a * seed + c , m )[ 1 ] 
 yield seed 
 To use it (with a seed of 6), do this: v = vax_rand(6) and to get a number out of it, you could do…

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