Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:02:49 -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: <4.1.19981007150153.0403d560@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199810072059.NAA02414@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:41:47 MDT." <4.1.19981007144036.00c00ad0@mail.lariat.org>
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At 01:59 PM 10/7/98 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >> > 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. > >"bytecode" is a generic term for just that, as is P-code, etc. Most >popular interpreters these days (Perl, Tcl, Java, etc.) are either JIT- >or pre-bytecoders. As I said, it's arguable as to whether this is >covered or not. Microsoft's only product that does this is VB, which is what the patent was intended to cover. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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