Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 13:12:45 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft has a patent on [] (fwd) Message-ID: <4.1.19981007131127.041747f0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199810071857.LAA01683@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:24:23 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810071419510.15656-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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At 11:57 AM 10/7/98 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >> I just got this from another list, but it's so outrageous, I had to post >> it here (it certainly applies to us!) Apparently, Microsoft has >> patented array indexing! >> >> Take a look, it seems real! > >It's real, but it involves taking a character string between separators >(eg. []) and passing it to a run-time evaluator contained in a library. Not quite. What it means is that there's late binding. In other words, any INTERPRETER that can take an expression as an array subscript is covered. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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