Ah ha, wait a second, my apologies, I completely misunderstood this response. Never mind - when I quit and restart Pd the behaviour is exactly the same on Mac and Linux, and I now understand that this is how it should be. Previously I was just closing the *patch* on Mac rather than quitting Pd entirely. On Linux of course closing the patch was closing Pd entirely no matter what.
Many thanks, Yann > On 11 Mar 2022, at 07:01, Yann Seznec <y...@yannseznec.com> wrote: > > OK thanks, it’s good to know the expected behaviour. It certainly works that > way on Mac, but I’m reasonably certain that it is not working that way on > Linux (at least on the most recent version available on raspberry pi). > > Images attached that show the behaviour on Linux - I launch the simple random > patch twice on Linux and it produces the exact same stream of numbers. > > So perhaps this is a bug that I should file? Perhaps someone else can confirm? > > Cheers, > > Yann > > <Screenshot 2022-03-10 at 17.20.15.png> > <275635929_10103224057679409_2406650352563642422_n.jpg> >> On 11 Mar 2022, at 05:26, Miller Puckette <m...@ucsd.edu >> <mailto:m...@ucsd.edu>> wrote: >> >> Each time a [random] is created it gets a new (pseudo-random) seed - so if >> you want total repeatability you should exit and restart Pd. Then you should >> see exactly the same behavior on linux and on Mac. >> >> cheers >> Miller >> >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:04:15PM +0100, Yann Seznec wrote: >>> Hi! Here's thing I’m confused about…if I use [random] to generate some >>> numbers on startup, it appears to have different behaviour on macOS and on >>> linux (running on a raspberry pi). >>> >>> With a very simple patch generate a stream of random numbers using [random] >>> (with no seed) and printing to console, on macOS it will create a different >>> random set every time I launch the patch. On linux, it will generate the >>> same set of numbers each time the patch is launched. It feels to me like >>> the [random] object on linux is using the same seed each time, whereas on >>> macOS it is either using a new seed each time or just not using a seed at >>> all (if that’s possible, I’m clearly no random number specialist). >>> >>> Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks! >>> Yann >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at> mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.puredata.info_listinfo_pd-2Dlist&d=DwIGaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=vNtFkc2FjZDtwqIAgsEDP9Guvogt_cL8daFu1mGXVJv2iRxIu_-NXQ_c8fR_v8tv&s=wdaa7geCOAzHg2vPDAzMrvXU1pfbV3jp-FtB5Wxt6iA&e= >>> >>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.puredata.info_listinfo_pd-2Dlist&d=DwIGaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=vNtFkc2FjZDtwqIAgsEDP9Guvogt_cL8daFu1mGXVJv2iRxIu_-NXQ_c8fR_v8tv&s=wdaa7geCOAzHg2vPDAzMrvXU1pfbV3jp-FtB5Wxt6iA&e=> >>> >
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