[Algorithms] GUIDs

[Matthew D. <MD...@ac...>]

Hi,
 
Does anyone know the algorithm or have source code describing the way
CoGuidCreate or UuidCreate generates the GUIDs?  Or perhaps there's a cross
platform solution to generating globally unique identifiers?
 
Regards,

Matt J. Davies 
Programmer 
Acclaim Studios Ltd. 
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Cheltenham, 
Gloucestershire, 
United Kingdom, 
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