when is an integer not an integer?

[Terry Judd]

Looks like it maxes out at (2^31)-1

Terry...


On 30/7/08 3:39 PM, "John Vokey" <vokey at uleth.ca> wrote:

> The statement: set the randomseed to x is not consistent.  In both the
> Rev and MC documentation, x must be an integer.  So, for example, set
> the randomseed to the seconds works in the sense that a new and
> different sequence is subsequently generated by random and any
> statements.  But set the randomseed to the ticks, or set the
> randomseed to the milliseconds, both fail in that the same sequence is
> generated every time.  Yet, each of the ticks/the milliseconds/the
> seconds is an integer return true.  It appears clear that the
> randomseed property requires small integers (on the order of the
> seconds).  But, it is still the case that even though the ticks is an
> integer, is is too large of an integer for the randomseed property.
> 
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