How to use to replace rand()?

Question

C++11 introduced the header with declarations for random number engines and random distributions. That\'s great - time to replace those uses of <

Answer 1

How about randutils by Melissa O'Neill of pcg-random.org?

From the introductory blog post:

randutils::mt19937_rng rng;

std::cout << "Greetings from Office #" << rng.uniform(1,17)
          << " (where we think PI = "  << rng.uniform(3.1,3.2) << ")\n\n"
          << "Our office morale is "   << rng.uniform('A','D') << " grade\n";