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Re: random is not random
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Thompson, David |
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Re: random is not random |
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Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:34:57 -0500 |
On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Matt Wette <address@hidden> wrote:
> Every time I execute
> $ guile -c '(simple-format #t "~S\n" (random 100))’
> I get the same result.
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> Is this a bug?
No. You need to initialize the random number generator with a
different seed if you want different results. See 6.6.2.14 Random
Number Generation in the manual for details.
- Dave