problems with TR1 statistical distributions

["A. Lester Buck III" <debian-gcc-reg@compact.com>]

I need to do some statistical work in C++, so I am trying to use
the TR1 extensions.  I am using g++ Debian 4.3.4-1.

To become familiar with the distributions, I found various example code
to run.  I can get some of the samples to run, and others go off into
100% cpu never to return.  For the Debian implementation, I have to
change std::tr1:: to std::.

The following sample routines work as advertised except for
differences in expected output:

Linear Congruential
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb981982.aspx
g++ output matches web page

Mersenne Twister
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb982912.aspx
g++ output matches web page

Bernoulli Distribution
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb981930.aspx
g++ output matches web page

Normal Distribution
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb982450.aspx
g++ output DOES NOT match web page

Exponential Distribution
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb982022.aspx
g++ output DOES NOT match web page


The following sample routines never return from the test program:

Poisson Distribution
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb982995.aspx
never returns

Binomial Distribution
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb982497.aspx
never returns

Testing C++ TR1 random number generation
http://www.johndcook.com/test_TR1_random.html
never returns


Could someone please tell me what I might be doing wrong?  Is the Debian
TR1 support not working correclty?  Is the sample code invalid?  Would
Boost work better on this sample code?  Is TR1 support not ready for
prime time?

I really appreciate your help!


Thanks a lot,

Lester