[R] .Random.seed in R-devel

[Frank Samuelson]

Oh.  I guess I had a different definition of
"when one is required" than the help page. :)

Thanks.


Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> 
> `Like it says on the help page'!
> 
>      Initially, there is no seed;  a new one is created from the
>      current time when one is required.  Hence, different sessions will
>      give different simulation results, by default.
> 
> So .Random.seed does not exist until the state does.  It will after 
> runif(1).
>