FREE_R set

[Rasmus Storjohann]

> (Alternatives, such as seeding the generator from the integer value of the
> computer clock, are well-known, but probably beyond the scope of the
> user to implement in X-PLOR).

It can be done, this is how: Write a program in C (or some other 
language) which gets the current time in integer format, and then prints 
it to a file (let's call it time.inp) like this:

set seed = # end

where # is the time in integer format.

Program listing in C:

#include "time.h"
#include "stdio.h"

void main(){
time_t t;
time(&t);
printf("\nset seed = %ld end\n",t);
}


Then simply have your X-plor script read the file with the command

@time.inp

and the X-plor random number generator will be initiated with a different 
random number each time.

Rasmus
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