Re: [offtopic] Re: Patented algorithms in kernel

From: Ville Herva (vherva@mail.niksula.cs.hut.fi)
Date: Thu Jul 06 2000 - 05:58:36 EST


On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 12:38:09PM +0200, you [Dominik Kubla] claimed:
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 06:32:02PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> >
> > United Skates of America Patent number 70856775
> > Infinite loop using the C Programming Language.
> > Inventor(s) Hui Fuchem Young.
> >
> > for(;;)
> > ;
>
> Sorry, but there is no such patent to be found with this number,
> both at www.uspto.gov and www.patents.ibm.com

If "United SKATES of America" doesn't do it for you, you should propably
think (;;) as a smiley of somekind. (Besides, while americans may find
Fuch'em funny, I believe russians have some meaning for Hui...)

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