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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Random number generators
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:09:50 GMT
Date: 2000-09-12T18:09:50+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccem2pmqhd.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 39BE6324.4EB69692@netcourrier.com

Mathias Dolidon <matd@netcourrier.com> writes:

> I know that if I initialize a given generator with a given value, that
> my program is compiled by a given compiler and runs on a given machine,
> the output values of the genertor will always be the sames.Let's suppose
> I get 1 2 3 4 (let's don't make it complicated ;). If now I compile the
> same program with another compiler or I make it run on another computer
> (or both), will I still get 1 2 3 4 ? Or is this unspecified by the
> language ?

No, you will not necessarily get the same sequence.

- Bob



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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-09-12 17:08 Random number generators Mathias Dolidon
2000-09-12 18:09 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2000-09-13 11:12 ` Phil Slater
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1992-05-08  4:56 Random Number Generators Gregory Aharonian
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