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[REBOL] REBOL may be in violation of MS patent...

From: joel:neely:fedex at: 19-Nov-2004 13:16

....filed May 14, 2003. No, I'm not kidding. Something is SERIOUSLY BROKEN in Washington! Go to the USPTO website search page at http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html and enter the patent number 20040230959 for the description (excerpted below.) Patent# 20040230959 IS NOT OPERATOR Abstract A system, method and computer-readable medium support the use of a single operator that allows a comparison of two variables to determine if the two variables point to the same location in memory. -jn- -- If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. Antoine de Saint-Exupery