[Q]:Generate Unique ID's

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat May 24 06:41:12 EDT 2003


Steven Taschuk wrote:

> When you say "no exceptions", do you mean "some very small number
> of exceptions, close enough to zero for all practical purposes"?

He meant what he said: forever unique, no exceptions. That, of course,
means that he has fallen to marketing hype. What the algorithm really
guarantees is "close enough to zero for all practical purposes".

Regards,
Martin





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