[OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:34:16AM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> It's more than immutable, you're right. D also has transitive
> immunity, which is a feature of the patent, and also relaxed
> immutability during construction, which is also a point in the patent.
> 
> In fact, the patent looks like an explanation of how immutability
> works in D.

Which is why it's extremely important that we fight against this patent,
since it may jeopardize the future of D.


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