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

[Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/1/2014 4:39 PM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-09-01 at 16:06 -0400, Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d
> wrote:
>> [Steps down from soapbox...]
>
> Don't, it's a good soapbox to shout from.
>

Yea, but I might catch vertigo!

It's not a very mobile soapbox either; can't get around while on it 
unless I just kinda stoop down, grab it and sorta hop around. And who's 
gonna put any stock in the words of some loony awkwardly getting around 
like that, huh? Nobody, I tell ya!