[ Rick seems to have forgotten Team Ada <[log in to unmask]>
in his reply. I have re-inserted it here. ]
Rick:
> Pesudorandom generation produces the same list of
> randomly distributed units every time it is elaborated
> with a fixed seed.
Yes. Therefore you reset the generator with a time-dependent
Reset procedure [RM A.5.2(34)] _once_ during the
"initialisation" of your program.
> This is no use for words games because you get the same
> series of playing selections each time. The generator
> updates a seed variable regularly in the background
I am quite sure that standard compliant Ada random number
generators _only_ updates the seed when either a Random or a
Reset routine is called.
> and the character generator reseeds with this seed each
> time it is called. In this was the selection is truly
> randomised by the human interaction in the time between
> calls.
I think you should read section A.5.2 in the Ada reference
manual (as well as section G.2.5 if your compiler supports
it).
Jacob
--
"I am an old man now, and when I die and go to Heaven there are two matters
on which I hope enlightenment. One is quantum electro-dynamics and the
other is turbulence of fluids. About the former, I am rather optimistic."
Sir Horace Lamb.