Re: SeedRandom oddity/flaw/bug/imperfection
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- Subject: [mg5252] Re: SeedRandom oddity/flaw/bug/imperfection
- From: brech at vision.ee.ethz.ch (Christian Brechbuehler)
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 03:34:01 -0500
- Organization: Image Science Lab, ETH Zurich
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In article <56afbp$j8m at dragonfly.wolfram.com>, I wrote: |> Generating an integer random number changes $RandomState |> generating a real does not (!). I was wrong here. The first few decimal digits stay unchanged, which fooled me. (Most binary digits stay unchanged, btw.) But generating any kind of random number will definitely change the random state. |> Christian Brechbuehler |> |> Communication Technology Laboratory, Image Science Group |> Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich