<p dir="auto">When running the latest julia (0.3.0-prerelease+2494) inside emacs, julia either crashes (shell, eshell):</p>
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�[?2004h�[0G�[0Kjulia&gt; �[?2004lERROR: integer division error
 in div at promotion.jl:172

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<span class="pl-s">�[?2004h�[0G�[0Kjulia&gt; �[?2004lERROR: integer division error</span>
<span class="pl-s"> in div at promotion.jl:172</span>
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<p dir="auto">or the prompt is double printed (eterm-color):</p>
<div class="highlight highlight-source-julia notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" dir="auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="julia&gt; 1+1julia&gt; 1+1
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julia&gt; julia&gt; 2+2julia&gt; 2+2
4"><pre class="notranslate">julia<span class="pl-k">&gt;</span> <span class="pl-c1">1</span><span class="pl-k">+</span><span class="pl-c1">1</span>julia<span class="pl-k">&gt;</span> <span class="pl-c1">1</span><span class="pl-k">+</span><span class="pl-c1">1</span>
<span class="pl-c1">2</span>

julia<span class="pl-k">&gt;</span> julia<span class="pl-k">&gt;</span> <span class="pl-c1">2</span><span class="pl-k">+</span><span class="pl-c1">2</span>julia<span class="pl-k">&gt;</span> <span class="pl-c1">2</span><span class="pl-k">+</span><span class="pl-c1">2</span>
<span class="pl-c1">4</span></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">This issue should perhaps be retitled something like "allow use with limited terminals".</p>
<p dir="auto">Somewhat related: <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="24912484" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/5271" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/JuliaLang/julia/issues/5271/hovercard" href="https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/5271">#5271</a></p>
<p dir="auto">EDIT: "August 2018 Update: xoroshiro128+ fails PractRand very badly. Since this article was published, its authors have supplanted it with xoshiro256**. It has essentially the same performance, but better statistical properties. <strong>xoshiro256</strong> is now my preferred PRNG**." I previously quoted: <s>"The clear winner is xoroshiro128+"</s></p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://nullprogram.com/blog/2017/09/21/" rel="nofollow">https://nullprogram.com/blog/2017/09/21/</a></p>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Nobody ever got fired for choosing Mersenne Twister. It’s the classical choice for simulations, and is still usually recommended to this day. However, Mersenne Twister’s best days are behind it. ..</p>
<p dir="auto">Ultimately I would never choose Mersenne Twister for anything anymore. This was also not surprising.</p>
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