On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:59:12AM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On 8/26/2014 12:37 PM, 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. > > > >http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html - IMMUTABLE > >OBJECT TYPES > > > >I really hope patent office will reject these applications. > > > > The first release of D 2.000 in 2007 had transitive immutable types in > it.
Since you're the inventor of D, perhaps it would be best if you could submit a prior art submission to the patent office? (Somebody has already posted links earlier in this thread where you can submit it to them directly.) T -- May you live all the days of your life. -- Jonathan Swift