Random algorithm

[Brian Yennie]

Although this is fit for 99% of people's purposes, I would be careful  
about expecting randomSeed or multiple samples to actually improve the  
underlying random algorithm.

For sake of a silly example, suppose you had a "bad" random algorithm  
which only returns even numbers. No matter how many samples and seeds  
you took, you'd still have a hard time generating odd numbers.

Point being, using a random() function many times doesn't necessarily  
make it of better quality for crypto or other serious purposes. It  
just makes it slightly more obscure to the human eye.

> Mark Brownell wrote:
>> I'm surprised that the random seed was not mentioned.
>
> Me too.  Wouldn't it suffice to do this before each run?:
>
> set the randomSeed to random(4570422)
>
>
> -- 
> Richard Gaskin
> Managing Editor, revJournal