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That’s not the only major purpose for a UUID and even if it was, it still would be flat out wrong to claim that almost no application requires that.
by siva7 3y ago
That’s not the only major purpose for a UUID and even if it was, it still would be flat out wrong to claim that almost no application requires that.
- AdamH12113 3y agoMaybe I'm missing something, then? I'm having trouble thinking of applications where it seems like a good idea to generate a permanent ID number completely randomly at all, much less applications that need to let the whole world do so. I can see how Windows device drivers have that requirement, but the point of the article is that even a massive site like YouTube (which doesn't want videos to be randomly discoverable via URL manipulation) does not need anywhere close to 128 bits. What are these applications you speak of?
- paulddraper 3y agoThe purpose of a universally unique identifier was indeed to be universally unique.