[R] fortran random number

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 04/08/2013 21:38, Filippo wrote:
> Hi,
> I need an advice.
> I'm writing a Markov Chain Monte Carlo subroutine in F95 which should be
> called from R. I noticed that the subroutine RANDOM_NUMBER takes the
> seed from R (is that correct?).

It is not correct.

> I was wondering if is better initialize the random seed inside the F95
> subroutine or use the R seed.

Use R.

> Regards,
> Filippo
>
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Please do: the answer is in the R manuals, and this was an R-devel 
question (see what the posting guide says about non-R programming 
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