Re: Time in Milliseconds or NanoSeconds

Maybe this is an over-simplified look at it, but why not simply use rand() to append a new value to the file?

Or is there a chance that you'd get still get duplicates? If not, this would be a very simple solution with little overhead.

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Re^2: Time in Milliseconds or NanoSeconds by thor (Priest) on Aug 12, 2005 at 11:21 UTC
Or is there a chance that you'd get still get duplicates? Bingo. For truly random numbers, it's not unreasonable to get the same number 50 times in a row. Moreover, when you ask a computer for a random number, one of two things happens. Maybe it uses a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG), which has an inherent (albeit large) cycle, to get it. Or, maybe it has some way to get truly random numbers. But that falls into the first trap. To me, when someone wants uniqueness, UUID comes to mind. It's already been mentioned by another poster in this thread. HTH, thor `Feel the white light, the light within Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come`	[reply]
Re^3: Time in Milliseconds or NanoSeconds by DrAxeman (Scribe) on Aug 14, 2005 at 01:11 UTC
Excellent point.	[reply]


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