[metapost] re: non-deviant "deviates"

[Larry Siebenmann]

Hi all,

Lu'is writes:

 > What is essential is is that seeds at successive
 > launches be different by default and the same when
 > needed. When producing animations from metapost figures
 > it is sometimes appropriate to have the same fixed
 > random situation in several frames.

The command:

rendomseed:= <numeric expression>;

already assures the extra flexibility Lu'is wants.

So our desidarata are strictly equivalent in practice.

Cheers

LS