Problem with algorithm

[Paul McGuire]

On Apr 13, 8:53 am, Steve Holden <s... at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure you could give a separate name to each atom ont he known
> universe with a scheme like this.  Do you really need 20-byte strings?
>

Steve,

Based on the Wikipedia article's estimate of 10**79 atoms in the
observable universe (is that all?), we would need a string of about 57
characters long to give each one a separate name.

(And I'll bet you've typed on an old Royal or two in your time...)

-- Paul