Re: Ada syntax patents

[Martin Krischik <martin@krischik.com>]

Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler wrote:

> Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> 
>> Given that Ada the language is an ISO standard, I think the
>> compiler producers won't claim anything, or will they?
> 
> Well, perhaps they should claim that there is no compiler involved at
> all. At least not an optimizing one:
> 
>
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But FORTRAN (the very first one from 1954) was an optimising compiler! See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran. But then, sombody managed to patent
wheel-barrow a few years ago.

Again: Thank you Polan for your veto (http://thankpoland.info). Only they
have another go at it :-( .

Martin

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