Re: st: Problem with seed and bootstrap

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 05:52 PM 9/16/2005, feldman wrote:
> Thank you very much Gary. -Sort- was creating the problem
> and the option -stable- solved it.
>
> Alejandro
It is interesting that setting the seed does not solve this sort of 
problem.  I've always wondered how and why -sort- produces 
inconsistent results anyway.  I would think a stable sort is easiest 
to do, but apparently not.  I suspect it is a good idea to just pay 
the performance penalty and get in the habit of using the -stable- 
option routinely.


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