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From: cssl AT geocities DOT com
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To: Vik Heyndrickx <Vik DOT Heyndrickx AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
Date:          Sat, 14 Mar 1998 10:47:28 GMT0BST
Subject:       Re: Temporary files considered unsafe
Reply-to: Diego Zuccato <cssl AT geocities DOT com>
CC: Bill Currie <bill AT taniwha DOT tssc DOT co DOT nz>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
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 > Packing different values into an 8+3 filename is not really a problem
 > (assuming that the information content of these values together is not
 > larger than 39^8).
Uhm... Note that 39^8 > 2^42
So there can be up to 42 bit of info. Couldn't we use a 32bit PID and a 
10 bit counter ?