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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: [CONTEST] Planning for 1997, take 2.
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Andrew Plotkin (erkyrath@netcom.com) wrote:
> Put
>   random(-1);
> as the first line of Initialise(). That will produce a deterministic 
> sequence of "random" numbers on any to-spec interpreter.

Just ignore that, please. It produces a predictable sequence on any given 
machine, but there's no guarantee it will be the same on different 
machines (especially if they're different OSes.) So it's no good for a 
fixed walkthrough.

I just made my saved throw vs. thinking.

--Z
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