Fastest Way to generate 1,000,000+ random numbers in python

Question

I am currently writing an app in python that needs to generate large amount of random numbers, FAST. Currently I have a scheme going that uses numpy to generate all of the n

Answer 1

As others have already pointed out, numpy is a very good start, fast and easy to use.

If you need random numbers on a massive scale, consider eas-ecb or rc4. Both can be parallelised, you should reach performance in several GB/s.

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