'Rcpp' Integration of Different "Ziggurat" Normal RNG Implementations R package RcppZiggurat version 0.1.8 CRAN Task View: Distributions (https://CRAN.R-project.org/view=Distributions) The Ziggurat generator for normally distributed random numbers, originally proposed by Marsaglia and Tsang (2000, <doi:10.18637/jss.v005.i08>) has been improved upon a few times starting with Leong et al (2005, <doi:10.18637/jss.v012.i07>). This package provides an aggregation in order to compare different implementations in order to provide a 'faster but good enough' alternative for use with R and C++ code. See the 'zigg' package for a lighter implementation for much easier use in other packages. Software Depends: R (>= 3.0.0) Imports: Rcpp, parallel, graphics, stats, utils LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppGSL Suggests: rbenchmark, microbenchmark, lattice, ggplot2 Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org> Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) Dirk Eddelbuettel [aut, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-907X>) GPL (>= 2) 2025-03-30 application/tgz https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RcppZiggurat doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.RcppZiggurat