Linked List Patented in 2006

An anonymous reader writes "Congratulations are in order to Ming-Jen Wang of LSI Logic Corporation who, in patent #10260471 managed to invent the linked list. From the abstract, "A computerized list is provided with auxiliary pointers for traversing the list in different sequences. One or more auxiliary pointers enable a fast, sequential traversal of the list with a minimum of computational time. Such lists may be used in any application where lists may be reordered for various purposes." Good-bye doubly linked list. We should also give praise to the extensive patent review performed by Cochran Freund & Young LLP."

Comments

Re:ATTN: SWITCHEURS!

[Fordiman]

"real Mac Users don't browse at full screen"

And real scotsmen don't use macs. Please drop that stupid 'tude.

"and since the menu bar (for example) is not part of the movable window, it's not neccessary"

I don't get your logic. Because the menubar, a 20pixel row of space, is not part of the movable window, it's not necessary to maximize the window to get the maximum available browsing area?

"Exposé and the overall design makes it more powerful and productive to use like 'square'-formed windows"

You'd think Exposé would make it a simple thing to use ALL fullscreen windows. Meanwhile, I can only think of a couple apps I wouldn't want to run full-screen. But then, I'm kind of adept at using keyboard shortcuts. I can see how you could be unproductive if no one ever told you about 'alt-tab'.

"and not the full 1280x1024 or whatever... I miss those nice and handy space-saving windows always when I'm under Windows!"

Hm. I suppose the rumor that "there's no cure for religion" is more or less true, especially for Mac zealots.

Re:Prior Art?

[ncc74656]

I would show the prior art, but I can't read the reel-to-reel tapes.

Fortunately, it's in dead-tree format. Volume 1 (the first edition of which was published in 1968) covers linked lists, among other things.