Initializing random seeds

[Corrado Santoro]

I'm trying to use the functions of the random module to generate random 
numbers in different processes, but I have a problem with 
initialization. I know that the seed is stored in the process' 
properties so I'm initializing the seed in each process using the value 
returned by function now(). But I obtain the same random number sequence 
for each process. I've tried a simple code, attached to this email, and 
the output is:

30> rndtest:start().
Seed of <0.128.0> is {1139,388083,514683}
Seed of <0.129.0> is {1139,388083,514695}
Seed of <0.130.0> is {1139,388083,514701}
Seed of <0.131.0> is {1139,388083,514707}
<0.131.0>Number generated from proc <0.128.0> is 9
Number generated from proc <0.129.0> is 9
Number generated from proc <0.130.0> is 9
Number generated from proc <0.131.0> is 9


Do you have an hint to avoid this problem? Indeed I could solve the 
problem by using random number generator process and call it each time I 
need a new random number, but I would like to know if a different 
solution could be possible.


Regards,
--Corrado

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