¿Another bug?
With the current Windows snapshot (build 8/22/2006) I was checking if
the new "seed" option in the /add/normal/random variable/normal dialog
box works. Datafile data9-9 was opened, I selected the above entry in
the menu, I put "3" in the seed box, and generated a normal (0,1)
variable with name "norm", I repeated the operation changing the name
to norm2, and the result was:
Obs norm norm2
1976:1 1,232701 -0,017542
1976:2 -1,862191 0,237066
1976:3 1,277692 1,959801
1976:4 0,033582 -1,375184
1977:1 -0,739636 0,817394
1977:2 ...
The funny thing is that if I close gretl and repeat exactly the same
procedure, exactly the same values are generated.
I also tried opening a new gretl session an calling the first
variable "norm2", and the second "norm", the result was
Obs norm2 norm
1976:1 1,232701 -0,017542
1976:2 -1,862191 0,237066
1976:3 1,277692 1,959801
1976:4 0,033582 -1,375184
1977:1 -0,739636 0,817394
1977:2 ...
¿Is this behavior correct?
