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Generate UUID like IDs in CoffeeScript
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generateUUID.coffee
generateUUID: () ->
d = new Date().getTime()
'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace /[xy]/g, (c) ->
r = (d + Math.random() * 16) % 16 | 0
d = Math.floor(d / 16)
(if c is 'x' then r else r & 0x3 | 0x8).toString 16
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