Re: Random Number Generators / APL

Francois Dufresne ( Francois.Dufresne@hec.unil.ch )
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:13:49 +0200

At 07:46 16.06.99 -0400, Richard.W.Nichols wrote:
>[...] Starting with the same seed meant that APL would generate
>the same random numbers in the same order every time.
>(Anyone know if this is still true?)

The "APL Extended Standard - Committe Draft 1" says:

"The result of ? B, where B is an array, shall be reproducible."

Conforming implementations must behave that way. All APL interpreters
that I know follow this rule.

F. Dufresne

---Ecole des HEC - U. of Lausanne - Switzerland

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