[PD] Different [random] behaviour between macOS & linux?

[Miller Puckette]

Each time a [random] is created it gets a new (pseudo-random) seed - so if
you want total repeatability you should exit and restart Pd.  Then you should
see exactly the same behavior on linux and on Mac.

cheers
Miller

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:04:15PM +0100, Yann Seznec wrote:
> Hi! Here's thing I’m confused about…if I use [random] to generate some numbers on startup, it appears to have different behaviour on macOS and on linux (running on a raspberry pi). 
> 
> With a very simple patch generate a stream of random numbers using [random] (with no seed) and printing to console, on macOS it will create a different random set every time I launch the patch. On linux, it will generate the same set of numbers each time the patch is launched. It feels to me like the [random] object on linux is using the same seed each time, whereas on macOS it is either using a new seed each time or just not using a seed at all (if that’s possible, I’m clearly no random number specialist). 
> 
> Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks!
> Yann
> 
> 
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