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August 26, 2014 [OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types | ||||
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Microsoft being microsoft again. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196015.html - DECLARATION OF LIFETIME OF RESOURCE REFERENCE This contains description of scoped classes, etc. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html - IMMUTABLE OBJECT TYPES I really hope patent office will reject these applications. |
August 26, 2014 Re: [OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types | ||||
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Posted in reply to Max Klyga | How would this even work? |
August 26, 2014 Re: [OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types | ||||
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Posted in reply to Casper Færgemand | On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 19:47:25 UTC, Casper Færgemand
wrote:
> How would this even work?
It looks like this applies only to the inference of immutability
based on the structure of the type and its methods, as opposed to
a declaration of immutability.
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August 26, 2014 Re: [OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types | ||||
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Posted in reply to Cliff | On 08/26/2014 10:13 PM, Cliff wrote:
> On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 19:47:25 UTC, Casper Færgemand
> wrote:
>> How would this even work?
>
> It looks like this applies only to the inference of immutability
> based on the structure of the type and its methods, as opposed to
> a declaration of immutability.
It does not look like that to me.
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August 26, 2014 Re: [OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types | ||||
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Posted in reply to Max Klyga | On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 19:37:29 UTC, Max Klyga wrote:
> Microsoft being microsoft again.
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> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196015.html - DECLARATION OF LIFETIME OF RESOURCE REFERENCE
> This contains description of scoped classes, etc.
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> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html - IMMUTABLE OBJECT TYPES
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> I really hope patent office will reject these applications.
That's why I absolutely love MS!
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August 26, 2014 Re: [OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types | ||||
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Posted in reply to Timon Gehr | On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 20:27:55 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 08/26/2014 10:13 PM, Cliff wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 19:47:25 UTC, Casper Færgemand
>> wrote:
>>> How would this even work?
>>
>> It looks like this applies only to the inference of immutability
>> based on the structure of the type and its methods, as opposed to
>> a declaration of immutability.
>
> It does not look like that to me.
Hmm, I went and re-read more closely, and it appears the Summary
differs from the claims in that very important detail... that
sucks.
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Posted in reply to Max Klyga | On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 19:37:29 UTC, Max Klyga wrote: > Microsoft being microsoft again. > > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196015.html - DECLARATION OF LIFETIME OF RESOURCE REFERENCE > This contains description of scoped classes, etc. > Is this about C#'s usingw? > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html - IMMUTABLE OBJECT TYPES > > I really hope patent office will reject these applications. How bad will this be to D? |
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Posted in reply to MacAsm | On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 09:02:43PM +0000, MacAsm via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 19:37:29 UTC, Max Klyga wrote: > >Microsoft being microsoft again. > > > >http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196015.html - DECLARATION OF > >LIFETIME OF RESOURCE REFERENCE > >This contains description of scoped classes, etc. > > > > Is this about C#'s usingw? > > >http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html - IMMUTABLE OBJECT TYPES > > > >I really hope patent office will reject these applications. > > How bad will this be to D? D has had immutable for years! Surely that counts as prior art?? Does the patent office accept prior art submissions? T -- Кто везде - тот нигде. |
August 26, 2014 Re: [OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types | ||||
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Posted in reply to Chris | On 8/26/2014 4:34 PM, Chris wrote:
> On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 19:37:29 UTC, Max Klyga wrote:
>> Microsoft being microsoft again.
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>> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196015.html - DECLARATION OF
>> LIFETIME OF RESOURCE REFERENCE
>> This contains description of scoped classes, etc.
>>
>> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html - IMMUTABLE OBJECT
>> TYPES
>>
>> I really hope patent office will reject these applications.
>
> That's why I absolutely love MS!
It's FAR more than just MS. For example, Apple's just as bad. Just look at Steve Job's undying vendetta against Google (by way of Samsung as a proxy target).
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Posted in reply to H. S. Teoh | On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 21:26:36 UTC, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: > D has had immutable for years! Surely that counts as prior art?? Does > the patent office accept prior art submissions? > > > T They do. http://meta.patents.stackexchange.com/a/107 |
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