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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada syntax patents
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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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