On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Diego Novillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 04:49, Steven Bosscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I wonder if GCC's VRP ASSERT_EXPRs would be considered prior art. > > Even earlier than that. The assertion mechanism in GCC was taken > directly from the PLDI'95 Patterson paper.
Guys, as long as the implementation exactly follows some practice that pre-dates the priority date on the patent (in this case, 2003), you have nothing to worry about. (and by exactly, i mean exactly)
