__/ [ Linonut ] on Monday 19 February 2007 03:06 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> You didn't read the article, did you? Try this experiment. Sit down
>> and write a C implementation of the abs function (portability is not
>> required, so you can make assumptions about things that are left up to
>> the implementation in the C standard if you wish). There is about a
>> 99.9% chance you won't come anywhere near anything covered by that
>> patent.
>>
>> It's about a very specific, very clever, way to implement abs.
>
> <sarcasm>
> That makes it much more acceptable, then, don't it?
> </sarcasm>
>
Heap sort is also effective. But you don't get it patented. It's mathematics.
You can't own implementation of logic. Period.
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