Re: Ada syntax patents

From: Dmitry A. Kazakov (mailbox_at_dmitry-kazakov.de)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:52:49 +0100

On 24 Feb 2005 13:16:09 -0600, Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> The cited page says:
>
> A system, method and computer-readable medium support the use
> of a single operator that allows a comparison of two variables
> to determine if the two variables point to the same location
> in memory.
>
> which does not seem to me the same as a comparison operator.

Does X'Address = Y'Address qualify?

> Isn't this a capability for resolving aliasing issues that do not
> arise when your language is Ada ?

I cannot understand that patent Volapuek, but "a system that support ... to
determine ... the same location in memory" isn't it infringed by von
Neumann's machines?

Actually, I think that we should rush to patent letters A-Z and digits 0-9.
Once we'll have these patents... 

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

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