------- Additional Comments From kargl at gcc dot gnu dot org 2005-09-15 00:15 ------- (In reply to comment #0) > consider the following program > program random > implicit none > real :: x > call random_seed(); > call random_number(x); > write(*,*) x > end program random > > When I run this program, I want to output different random numbers for > each run. This does not happen with gfortran. > > I agree that the current gfortran's behaviour is standard conforming.
Enough said. > But it is counter intuitive. It is counter intuitive to you not me. > Absoft 8.0 exhibits this behaviour > > % f90 random.f90 > % ./a.out > 0.139087 > % ./a.out > 0.139087 > % ./a.out > 0.139087 > % ./a.out > 0.139087 > > > So absoft, intel, g95 compilers generate different sequences on > subsequent runs. What is Absoft's behavior? It appears to agree with gfortran. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23889
