> >
> > set_random_state(make_random_state(true))$
> >
> > before using random(1.0). For an explanation, see:
> > ? random
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jaime Villate
> >
> >
>
>
> Thank you Jaime, I didn't notice that you need that. Just out of curiosity, is there any reason for this need to initialize the random number generator? For me, the usual behavior of "random" anywhere is to obtain a random number.
>
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Think about: What should this be, a "random number"?? 23 ? Why not, I just created at, at random ;-)
It is debatable whether randomness exists in the world, but it seems to exist, at least there
is a random number service(!):
http://www.random.org/
Otherwise you get a *pseudo-random generator*, whose main point is the reproducibility:
Performing large experiments with such generators can then be reproduced by the appropriate key
--- without that you needed to store all these numbers.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator
Oliver