Re: Random number seed generation

2010/12/10 TW <zupftom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I don't know whether this would give reasonably results, but what
> about generating a seed from the result of generate-id()?  Maybe like
> so, calculating kind of a digit sum (based on the the order the
> variables occur in "name-chars"):
>

Sorry, please read this as:

I don't know whether this would give *reasonable* results, but what
about generating a seed from the result of generate-id()?  Maybe like
so, calculating kind of a digit sum (based on the order the
*characters* occur in *the variable* "name-chars"):