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.
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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
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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
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2000-05-12 0:00 BLAS Duncan Sands
2000-05-12 0:00 ` BLAS Gautier
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