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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: BLAS
Date: 2000/05/17
Date: 2000-05-17T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <wcc3dngahf0.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8fv2tl$48h$1@nnrp1.deja.com

Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:

> I am puzzled, it simply seems to me to be a matter of syntax.
> Syntactically x'base is a subtype mark, since it is a name
> that denotes a subtype. End of story. Does not seem like
> a non-obvious conclusion to me. ...

Lots of things are "obvious" once you know the right answer.  ;-)
How many times has the ARG come to a conclusion that is obviously right
to everyone, after much bitter argument?  ;-)

A lot of patent law hinges on this point, I think...
Sigh.

- Bob

P.S. I think current patent law in the US is a mess.




  reply	other threads:[~2000-05-17  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-05-15  0:00 BLAS Duncan Sands
2000-05-15  0:00 ` BLAS Robert A Duff
2000-05-15  0:00   ` BLAS Robert Dewar
2000-05-16  0:00     ` BLAS Robert A Duff
2000-05-17  0:00       ` BLAS Robert Dewar
2000-05-17  0:00         ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2000-05-18  0:00           ` BLAS Robert Dewar
     [not found] <391BC1F5.DFB47045@maths.unine.ch>
2000-05-12  0:00 ` BLAS Duncan Sands
2000-05-12  0:00   ` BLAS Gautier
2000-05-12  0:00   ` BLAS Robert A Duff
2000-05-13  0:00   ` BLAS Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-14  0:00     ` BLAS Gautier
2000-05-15  0:00       ` BLAS Gisle S�lensminde
2000-05-15  0:00       ` BLAS Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-15  0:00         ` BLAS Gisle S�lensminde
2000-05-13  0:00   ` BLAS Robert Dewar
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-05-12  0:00 BLAS Duncan Sands
2000-05-12  0:00 ` BLAS Gautier
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