Re: (random t) always returns the same number under HP-UX 10.20

[Klaus Zeitler]

>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
    Eli> 
    Eli> On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Klaus Zeitler wrote:
    Eli> 
    >> (random t) always returns the same number when I call it
    >> right after starting emacs -q. According to the docu this call should 
set a
    >> random seed from the current time and pid.
    Eli> 
    Eli> What happens if you invoke (random t) and then (random 100000)
    Eli> repeatedly?
3 times (random t) gives always this sequence of numbers:
  46095250 -74119605 -46522877 -114711201

3 times (random 100000)
  17174 72397 82679 57274

alternating (random t) and (random 100000) 2 times gives:
  46095250 72397 -46522877 57274

can't remember when I had to start emacs this often :-)

Klaus



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