Hi all,
I wonder if this is still a problem. I just tried 'random' in linux, gave it a seed (123), got a seqence out, seeded it again with 123, got the same sequence out, seeded it with 234, got a different sequence. Have any of you found that you get the same sequence from 'random' having fed it two different (integer) seeds !? This would be wrong.
c m
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 01:51:13AM +0200, derek holzer wrote:
David,
David Sabine wrote:
To avoid this behaviour, it's best to NOT give a seed at all. Or to provide a seed that is always different (like the operating system's clock time).
Precisely my first two attempts! I gave a seed from [shell] which gave current time, or none at all. The progression seemed pretty much the same no matter what.
Like I said, I remember it worked different on windoze, so I wonder if it has anything to do with PD's access to the random number pool in Linux. I guess that's one for Miller or Guenter to puzzel over ;-)
d.
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