Why is the first random number always the same on some platforms in lua?

Question

Consider the following lua code snippet :

local time = os.time()
for _= 1, 10 do
    time = time + 1
    print(\'Seeding with \' .. time)
    math.randomseed         


        

Answer 1

It's generally a bad idea to call srand multiple times with seeds that are numerically close (and especially bad to do so with time values). In many cases, the variance of the first random number is similar to the variance of the seeds. When dealing with a scripting language that has to convert number representations, it can be even more so.

Does the same thing occur if you change your seed value by a larger amount?