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Bug
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Resolution: Fixed
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P4
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8, 9
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b152
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Not verified
FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The documentation for java.lang.Random (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Random.html) incorrectly states that Linear Congruential Pseudorandom number generators are described by Donald Knuth in Volume 3 of "The Art of Computer Programming". This is incorrect: these algorithms are described in Volume 2 (the documentation correctly reports that the subtitle of the book is "Seminumerical Algorithms", but misstates the volume number).
The book is actually referred to 3 times in the documentation: correctly the first time, incorrectly the next two. Specifically in:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Random.html#next(int)
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Random.html#nextGaussian
REGRESSION. Last worked in version 8u102
STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Online documentation
REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.
java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The documentation for java.lang.Random (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Random.html) incorrectly states that Linear Congruential Pseudorandom number generators are described by Donald Knuth in Volume 3 of "The Art of Computer Programming". This is incorrect: these algorithms are described in Volume 2 (the documentation correctly reports that the subtitle of the book is "Seminumerical Algorithms", but misstates the volume number).
The book is actually referred to 3 times in the documentation: correctly the first time, incorrectly the next two. Specifically in:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Random.html#next(int)
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Random.html#nextGaussian
REGRESSION. Last worked in version 8u102
STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Online documentation
REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.