Re: Random not so random

>>>>> "DS" == D Stimits <stimits(at)comcast(dot)net> writes:

DS> If it uses the same seed from the connection, then all randoms within
DS> a connect that has not reconnected will use the same seed. Which means
DS> the same sequence will be generated each time, which is why it is
DS> pseudo-random and not random. For it to be random not just the first
DS> call of a new connection, but among all calls of new connection, it
DS> would have to seed it based on time at the moment of query and not at
DS> the moment of connect. A pseudo-random generator using the same seed
DS> will generate the same sequence.

You clearly demonstrate you do not understand the purpose of a seed in
a PRNG, nor how PRNG's in general work. You want to seed it once and
only once per process, not every time you issue a query. And nobody
said to use the same seed every time, either.

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