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Date:      Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:41:47 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Microsoft has a patent on [] (fwd) 
Message-ID:  <4.1.19981007144036.00c00ad0@mail.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <199810072042.NAA02254@dingo.cdrom.com>
References:  <Your message of "Wed, 07 Oct 1998 13:12:45 MDT."             <4.1.19981007131127.041747f0@mail.lariat.org>

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At 01:42 PM 10/7/98 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:

>Interpreters are specifically excluded (they don't produce object 
>code).

Many interpreted languages compile to object code for a virtual
machine and then interpret from there. Perl is the most popular
example.

--Brett


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