[boost] Random numbers question

24 Jul 2009

      Hi,

I'm using Mersenne Twister algo to generate random numbers on Windows and Linux using the same code. Boost ver 1.39.

Here's the simple code I have:

boost::mt19937 rng(43);
boost::uniform_01<boost::mt19937>  zeroone(rng);

float randomNumber = zeroone();

If I run it multiple times, I get the same result on the same OS, as expected. However, the random numebrs are different between Windows and Linux.

Is this the expected behavior? Is there anything I can do to get the same random numbers on Windowd and Linux?

Thanks a lot,
Anant

Anant Rao