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Re: random doesn't feel very random
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: random doesn't feel very random |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:55:29 -0400 |
> Why would extra invocations of (random t) cause repetitive behavior?
Depends on how random your seed is.
(random t) calculates a seed based on the current time.
Unless it is done repeatedly in a very short time, that
should make a different seed each time.
Unless there is a bug in the code that initializes the seed.
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