ironseed: Improved Random Number Generator Seeding

A procedure for seeding R's built in random number generators using a variable-length sequence of values. Accumulates input entropy into a 256-bit hash digest or "ironseed" and is able to generate a variable-length sequence of output seeds from an ironseed.

Version: 0.1.0
Suggests: tinytest
Published: 2025-07-11
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.ironseed
Author: Reed Cartwright ORCID iD [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Reed Cartwright <racartwright at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/reedacartwright/ironseed/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/reedacartwright/ironseed
NeedsCompilation: yes
Language: en-US
Materials: README NEWS
CRAN checks: ironseed results

Documentation:

Reference manual: ironseed.pdf

Downloads:

Package source: ironseed_0.1.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: not available, r-release: ironseed_0.1.0.zip, r-oldrel: not available
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): not available, r-oldrel (arm64): not available, r-release (x86_64): not available, r-oldrel (x86_64): not available

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