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   Herbert Kleebauer to R.Wieser   
   Re: %random% is not random?   
   22 Oct 23 09:52:52   
   
   From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 22.10.2023 07:31, R.Wieser wrote:   
      
   >> But a cmd startet a few seconds later should start with a completely   
   >> different value.   
   >   
   > Not /completely/ different (your initial problem), but different enough to   
   > create a different sequence.   
      
   They use the seed not as a seed but as the first   
   random number and that I would call a bug. So   
   always discard the first %random% value you get.   
      
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