Re: Random String Generator

["Maurice O'Prey" <maurice.oprey@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan Wrote

> > So if you limit the alphabet to about 6 consonants and 6 vowels and 
> > doubled the vowel weight, the generated strings would probably look 
> > something like Tongan :-)

Tongan (lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language spoken in Tonga. It has
around 100,000 speakers and is a national language of Tonga. It is a VSO
(Verb-Subject-Object) language.

OK Nathan, I get your point ;-)

Maurice



-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: 08 September 2008 20:41
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Random String Generator

> Maurice O'Prey wrote:
> Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose? Surely a GUID
> (or random string) should not be human readable?

Well, I was kind of basing my algorithm on last week's discussion of 
CAPTCHA, where readability plays a role.  It's not like encryption.

So if you limit the alphabet to about 6 consonants and 6 vowels and 
doubled the vowel weight, the generated strings would probably look 
something like Tongan :-)

But if you need something more globally unique, then I think a string 
based on a timestamp would be better.

Nathan.