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4 Sep 2024 18:19:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: trouble using random numbers  
From: Mike Williams
Date: 5 Oct 2002 03:00:37
Message: <+aUk7AAKyon9EwyG@econym.demon.co.uk>
Wasn't it Justin Smith who wrote:
>Ah, I think I understand a little better now. Thanks. It is strange, though,
>that there isn't a way to seed using the internal clock of the computer, as
>most programming languages I've used are able to do.

That's one of the MegaPOV features that didn't make it into POV 3.5.

MegaPOV has a variable called "tick_count" which returns the current
value of the CPU clock, so you could say "seed(tick_count)".

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure


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