Initializing random seeds

[Corrado Santoro]

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Luna wrote:
> Yes. Patience is the key. Try to generate just one more number and they 
> should be different.
>  [cut]
> uniform() = ... + A3/30323
> uniform(N) = trunc(uniform() * N) + 1.
> 
> So for a small difference in A3 you will have the same random number the 
> first time around. Given time though (just once more should be enough), 
> these numbers will separate[*].
Yes! I saw the source code in random.erl, and maybe my solution of using 
an ad hoc process for random number generation is the key. Any other hint???

--Corrado

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