RE: [Numpy-discussion] Numarray: question on RandomArray2.seed(x=0, y=0) system clock default and possible bug

I'm not going to change the default seed on RNG. Existing users have the right to stability, and not to have things change because someone thinks a certain choice among several reasonable ones is better than the one previously made. There is the further issue here of RNG being advertised as similar to Cray's ranf() and that similarity extends to this default. Not to mention that for many purposes the current default is quite useful.