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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Random number generators
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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