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Commit 3804539e4 neglected to update the documentation's claim that random() uses a "linear congruential algorithm". In hopes of avoiding the same mistake if someone replaces our PRNG again, just say it's a deterministic pseudo-random number generator and leave it at that. Anybody who really wants to know can look in the source code. COMPATIBILITY NOTE FOR RELEASE NOTES: 3804539e4's commit message really should have mentioned that the random() sequence after setseed(), while still repeatable, will differ from what you got in pre-v15 releases. Noted by Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker; wording suggestion by Dean Rasheed. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/875ynfpiru.fsf@wibble.ilmari.org
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