(j3.2006) What does "same image" mean?

[Steven G. Kargl]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 11:21:12AM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I think "same image" here means same image in a particular
> execution of the program. Two different exections of
> a program with RANDOM_INIT(.true., ... ) might initialise
> the seed to different values. So the random number sequences
> from 2 executions of such program might be distinct.
> 
> I think RANDOM_SEED(PUT=...) is meant for cases
> where sequences of random numbers must be repeatable
> for every execution of a program.
> 
> Or have I got this wrong?
> 

Your interpretation coincides with mine.  Thanks
for the confirmation.

-- 
Steve