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Introduce loadable pseudo-random number generators. #200

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  1. Preparation for loadable Random Number Generators (rnglibs). 

    Add data structures and definitions.
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  2. Add rnglib <-> runtime API and new standard functions. 

    Add runtime routines callable by a rnglib:
   getRngState
   getInitialBits
   putErrorCode
Add rnglib routines callable by the runtime:
   startRng
   putSeed
   getRandomFpt
   getErrorText
   getRandomBits  -- optional
   getRandomInt   -- optional

Add new standard functions:
   loadrng
   rngbits
   rngbitstring
   rngval
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  3. Add rnglib definitions to &features and the Unicon preprocessor 

    Add "loadable RNGs" to &features.
Add _RNG_LIBRARY to the preprocessor predefined symbols.
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  4. Modify &random and the ? operator to use rnglibs.

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  5. Add prnglib failure codes and boilerplate error messages.

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  6. Make GC aware of (and collect) rnglib structures.

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  7. Add the rngIconEx loadable library. 

    RngIconEx is a reimplemtation of the (Icon) built-in generator
as a loadable rnglib. It serves as an example for how implement a
loadable rng library.
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  8. Add the rngRbt loadable library. 

    Rabbit is a cryptographically secure random number generator from the
ESTREAM project. rngRbt implements it as a loadable rng library.
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  9. Add the rngRlx++ loadable library. 

    rngRlx++ is a reimplementation in C of the RanLux++ generator.
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  10. Add the rngGSL loadable library. 

    rngGSL isn't a random number generator as such; it provides an interface
to the generators in the GNU Scientific Library, if that is installed.
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  11. Modify the Unicon build process to include rng loadable libraries. 

    Add a new argument --enable-rnglibs to configure.
Detect the presence (or otherwise) of the GNU Scientific Library.
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  12. Add rnglib test programs.

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  13. Document the new rnglib features in Appendix G of the Unicon book.

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  14. Initial draft of a utr that describes the rnglib changes.

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  15. Fix typo in the name of the rngRbt directory.

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  16. Update build.yml to add a rnglib test build. 

    Add a test for --enable-rnglibs
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  17. runtime: avoid name collision with getrandom() from libc [Jafar Al-Gh… 

    …araibeh]

This is a slight rework of commit 27b385c. It is needed because the
PRNG code uses unicon_getrandom() in fmisc.r as well as init.r
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  18. Accomodate differences betwe 32-bit and 64-bit builds of rngRbt

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