From 6e203ca9553902d94c4898aaca98182c965a533c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric-Butcher <ebutcher66@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 18:55:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added the warmup function

---
 include/program_runner.hpp | 4 ++++
 src/runner.cpp             | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/program_runner.hpp b/include/program_runner.hpp
index cec8223..0610b02 100644
--- a/include/program_runner.hpp
+++ b/include/program_runner.hpp
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ class ProgramRunner {
 
     bool is_finished();
 
+    void warmup(uint64_t iterations = 1000);
+
     const std::string version = "0.1";
     const std::string program_name = "randomizer";
 
+
+
     
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/runner.cpp b/src/runner.cpp
index 6541a04..f99b960 100644
--- a/src/runner.cpp
+++ b/src/runner.cpp
@@ -353,4 +353,10 @@ ProgramRunner::ProgramStatus ProgramRunner::run() {
     throw std::runtime_error("ProgramRunner has finished without returning an exit code. This should not happen.");
 }
 
+void ProgramRunner::warmup(uint64_t iterations) {
+    for (uint64_t i = 0; i < iterations; ++i) {
+        this->prng->generateRandomValue(); // Warmup the PRNG
+    }
+}
+
 

From 7eda7de9c9fe1225a4abc5353d559064b11796e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric-Butcher <ebutcher66@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 18:56:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Added the call to warmup in main

---
 src/main.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9b6d176..593e5e8 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
     ProgramRunner runner = ProgramRunner(argc, argv);
+    runner.warmup();
     ProgramRunner::ProgramStatus status;
     while (!runner.is_finished()) {
         status = runner.iterate();