Christopher James Huff wrote:
> 
> In article <3C5FBC39.8BF959D6@sw-tech.com>, Deaken <dwy### [at] sw-techcom>
> wrote:
> 
> > Wait.  The way I'm reading this, the smaller the (absolute value of the)
> > seed is, the less the stream varies.
> 
> No, the less the seed varies, the less the stream varies (from other
> streams, not internally). Since only the first random number of each
> stream is used, this means there will be some variation, but it won't be
> random.

Okay, thanks.  That's good to know.

Just as an aside, and feel free to ignore this question, how many values
would you suggest throwing away before the streams are no longer "close"?

Deaken

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