possible bug in random



On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 20:14 +0100, Jer?nimo Alaminos Prats wrote:
> I'm using maxima 5.19.2  and I'm getting some strange results with
> random. Using random(1.0), I always obtain the same sequence of
> "random" numbers:
> 
> .9138095996128959
> 
> .1951846177977887
> 
> .4823905248516196

use:

set_random_state(make_random_state(true))$

before using random(1.0). For an explanation, see:
? random

Regards,
Jaime Villate