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Re:Amazon Ion – A richly-typed, self-describing, hierarchica... by remram on Saturday November 20, 2021 @12:10AM (#29285745)
When you reach the 4 billionth version of your protocol?
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Re:Amazon Ion – A richly-typed, self-describing, hierarchica... by kentonv on Saturday November 20, 2021 @10:30AM (#29288918)
All versions of the same protocol have the same ID. That is the point of IDs -- to link together different versions of the protocol.
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Re:Amazon Ion – A richly-typed, self-describing, hierarchica... by remram on Saturday November 20, 2021 @05:19PM (#29292359)
You're right! That makes collisions even less likely then.
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