Patent: Whitespace in keywords

[Bob W]

Just wondering how software patens like this one ...

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060089942%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060089942&RS=DN/20060089942

... might affect future development of languages like D - and
I am certainly not just referring to "whitespace in keywords".