Moved rng to another worker pool

main.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func main() {
 	r1 := mrand.New(s1)
 	start := time.Now()
 
-	p, _ := prime(r1, 8096, 1000)
+	p, _ := prime(r1, 8096, 32)
 
 	finish := time.Now()
 	elapsed := finish.Sub(start)
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func prime(rand io.Reader, bits int, threads int) (p *big.Int, err error) {
-	bytes := make([]byte, (bits+7)/8)
+	//bytes := make([]byte, (bits+7)/8)
 
-	p = new(big.Int)
+	//p = new(big.Int)
 	jobs := make(chan job)
 	results := make(chan job)
+	numbers := make(chan *big.Int, 100)
 	done := new(bool)
 	*done = false
 
@@ -50,20 +51,13 @@ func prime(rand io.Reader, bits int, threads int) (p *big.Int, err error) {
 		go worker(i, jobs, results, done)
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; ; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
-		_, err = io.ReadFull(rand, bytes)
+		go rng(i, bits, numbers, done)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
 	}
-		// This makes sure that the least significant bit is always 1
-		// meaning that the number is always odd, since even numbers
-		// aren't prime
-		bytes[len(bytes)-1] |= 1
-
-		p.SetBytes(bytes)
 
+	for i := 0; ; i++ {
 		newjob := &job{
-			p:  p,
+			p:  <-numbers,
 			i:  10,
 			id: i,
 		}
@@ -82,6 +76,23 @@ func prime(rand io.Reader, bits int, threads int) (p *big.Int, err error) {
 
 }
 
+func rng(id int, bits int, num chan<- *big.Int, done *bool) {
+	s1 := mrand.NewSource(time.Hour.Microseconds())
+	rand := mrand.New(s1)
+	bytes := make([]byte, (bits+7)/8)
+	for !*done {
+		p := new(big.Int)
+		io.ReadFull(rand, bytes)
+		// This makes sure that the least significant bit is always 1
+		// meaning that the number is always odd, since even numbers
+		// aren't prime
+		bytes[len(bytes)-1] |= 1
+
+		p.SetBytes(bytes)
+		num <- p
+	}
+}
+
 func worker(id int, jobs <-chan job, results chan<- job, done *bool) {
 	//fmt.Printf("Worker %d starting now!\n", id)
 	for j := range jobs {