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AFAICT the only reason is that you need it for compatibility. If your variant and version fields aren't valid, you don't have a UUID anymore -- you have somethi
by dblohm7 9y ago
AFAICT the only reason is that you need it for compatibility. If your variant and version fields aren't valid, you don't have a UUID anymore -- you have something else.
- MichaelGG 9y agoCompatibility with what though? What's an example of a real world system that takes UUIDs and uses the standard to do stuff with the fields? Does any popular software treat them as anything beyond a 128bit number? Genuinely curious what people are giving up 6 bits for.