From jgentry@jimmy.harvard.edu  Tue Feb 11 18:40:07 2003
From: jgentry@jimmy.harvard.edu (Jeff Gentry)
Date: Tue Feb 11 18:40:07 2003
Subject: [Rd] Re: Ruuid package
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.20.0302111157140.29842-100000@santiam.dfci.harvard.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.20.0302111231100.29842-100000@santiam.dfci.harvard.edu>

Sorry for the self-followup, but just a clarification ...

> It's purpose is to generate UUID values, and has a simple R interface
> (currently one function: getuuid(), with multiple options).

For those that are not familiar, a UUID is a "Universally Unique ID",
a value generated that is guaranteed unique until the year 3400.  The
algorithm uses the machine's MAC address/Token ID, the current time and
random seeds and generates a 128 bit value.  For those familiar with
GUID's, these are the same thing.

A draft of the UUID standard can be found at:
http://lists.research.netsol.com/pipermail/urn-nid/2002-September/000323.html
for more information.

-J



[Rd] Re: Ruuid package
Jeff Gentry