Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 22:49:49 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft has a patent on [] (fwd) Message-ID: <361BD3ED.2CADC2C4@pipeline.ch> References: <199810072042.NAA02254@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: -snip- > You should read the definition: > > 1 providing a library associated with the application program, the > library defining an evaluator for evaluating expressions according > to the second syntax. > 2 compiling the source code according to the first syntax into object > code for executing on a computer. > 3 interpreting a syntax structure in the source code consisting of a > character string enclosed between a predefined pair of separators > as an application-defined expression > 4 converting said syntax structure to coded instructions in the object > code (consisting) of a function call for invoking the evaluator > with the character string as a parameter whereby the evaluator is > invoked to evaluate the character string according to the second > syntax on execution of the object code. > > Interpreters are specifically excluded (they don't produce object > code). It's arguable whether a JIT bytecoder intrudes on enough of > this to be covered. > > It seems to be a patent on a hack for handling associative arrays > whereby you pretend that the language itself supports them. That sounds for me like VisualBasic... -- Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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