On 80 columns should (not) be enough for everyone

[Walter Bright]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> I wish someone would finally just patent getting patents. (IBM's come close 
> from what I hear, but it's not quite there yet.) That's probably the only 
> way the US will ever be rid of the dammed things. Heck, with the USPTO being 
> as grossly incompetent as it is, it would probably be granted: it would just 
> have to be written in a sufficiently ultra-pedantic style.


I agree that patents are a blight on the industry.