Re: [Numpy-discussion] naive RNG question

2006-10-11 Thread Charles R Harris
On 10/11/06, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Python's MT documentation exmphasize the period of theMT19937 algorithm but discusses not at all the seed size.The numpy documentation contains no commentary (I believe).Speaking from a position of utter RNG ignorance, seed size seems really impo

[Numpy-discussion] naive RNG question

2006-10-11 Thread Alan G Isaac
Python's MT documentation exmphasize the period of the MT19937 algorithm but discusses not at all the seed size. The numpy documentation contains no commentary (I believe). Speaking from a position of utter RNG ignorance, seed size seems really important too: why is it not discussed? I noticed thi