Random -- impacted by the computer?

[Mark]

Is the code below impacted by the computer that it is executed on, or would
one expect two computers that use the same seed to generate the same
numbers? For example, I executed the code below on two different computers
and got the same set of numbers on both machines repeatedly.

Coments? Thanks in advance.

Random number = new Random( 5 );
Random number2 = new Random( 5 );
for ( int i = 0; i < 10 ; i++)
{
Console.Out.WriteLine("Random1: " + number.Next(0 , 100).ToString());
Console.Out.WriteLine("Random2: " + number2.Next(0 , 100).ToString());
}
Thanks in advance.
Mark

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Mark <ma**@nojunkmail.com> wrote:

Is the code below impacted by the computer that it is executed on, or would
one expect two computers that use the same seed to generate the same
numbers? For example, I executed the code below on two different computers
and got the same set of numbers on both machines repeatedly.

Coments? Thanks in advance.

Random number = new Random( 5 );
Random number2 = new Random( 5 );
for ( int i = 0; i < 10 ; i++)
{
Console.Out.WriteLine("Random1: " + number.Next(0 , 100).ToString());
Console.Out.WriteLine("Random2: " + number2.Next(0 , 100).ToString());
}

I'd expect to get the same numbers, so long as they're using the same
version of the framework. The documentation sort of hints at this, but
without specifying it clearly.

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