Comment by DavidPiper
4 days ago
I quite like seed but for a different reason - if you squint a bit, it looks like a natural evolution of a random number seed.
My complaint against seed would be that it still harkens back to a biological process that could be easily and creatively conflated when it's convenient.
Pretty sure the term "seed" for a pRNG initial value is already derived from the same crystal seed analogy...
> I quite like seed but for a different reason - if you squint a bit, it looks like a natural evolution of a random number seed.
Nice!