"Raymond Hettinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Can I rely on the random.py module to produce the same series of > >> numbers for future/past versions of Python, given the same seed? > > The answer is a qualified Yes. While the core generator (currently the > Mersenne Twister algorithm) is subject to change across versions, > whenever we've updated the generator, a backward compatable version is > offered (random.WichmannHill for example).
Is Mersenne Twister currently available at all in Jython, for example? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list