At 10:02 AM 9/9/98 , Paul Koning wrote:
No, but strings don't eliminate the registration problem, because you
still need a way to ensure they are unique. It's just that the code
space is larger which simplifies that task.
Strings don't eliminate the _need_ for registration, but they can
piggy-back off existing registration systems (such as the DNS system for
hostname registration) - which means the availability of strings, plus a
convention such as the suggested one for using them, *does* eliminate the
registration _problem_.