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Re: OID generation (was: Re: wishing upon a star)
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In lugnet.db.brictionary, Todd Lehman writes:
> [...] or are there more robust methods for generating OIDs? (Let's
> assume WoLOG that 2^32 is a sufficient maximum number of OIDs; it
> could just as well be 48 or 64 bits.)
Just to save others the effort --
"wolog" occurs 3 times on Hotbot and 28 times in Alta Vista. The best
interpretation in this context appears to be an abbreviation for "without loss
of generality".
- Robert Munafo http://www.mrob.com/
LEGO: TC+++(8480) SW++ #+ S-- LS++ Hsp M+ A@ LM++ YB64m IC13
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