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From: CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET (Charles Hannum)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
Subject: Re: Arexx 'random' number generation
Message-ID: <89322.015245CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 18 Nov 89 06:52:45 GMT
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In "standard" REXX, you are correct.  However, in Arexx you must specify
the initial seed value.  I had assumed that anyone reading my posting would
think to choose a fairly random value (i.e. the time of day) for the seed.

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