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x ** y is in Ada, Bash, COBOL, Fortran, FoxPro, Gnuplot, OCaml, Perl, PL/I, Python, Rexx, Ruby, SAS, ABAP, Haskell (for floating-point exponents), Turing, and VHDL, at least.
Get with the times.
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Exponentiation?t=11.#12.
Oh my. A post trolling for people who actually know something about patents. And moderated 4, insightful, as well. My, oh my.
I believe, for the most part, in the purposes of the US Constitution, which says in part:
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
Now, there are MANY implementation details we can debate, but I challenge your assertion that we should do away with patents.
That is a bad idea. For society, and for inventors. But, maybe not for you. So, how about some facts to back up your position that we should do away with patents, rather than fix the system that is exploited by fat cats at the expense of society?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause
Regards,
James
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** ? x ** y is in Ada, Bash, COBOL, Fortran, FoxPro, Gnuplot, OCaml, Perl, PL/I, Python, Rexx, Ruby, SAS, ABAP, Haskell (for floating-point exponents), Turing, and VHDL, at least. Get with the times. http://wapedia.mobi/en/Exponentiation?t=11.#12.
Oh my. A post trolling for people who actually know something about patents. And moderated 4, insightful, as well. My, oh my. I believe, for the most part, in the purposes of the US Constitution, which says in part: "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." Now, there are MANY implementation details we can debate, but I challenge your assertion that we should do away with patents. That is a bad idea. For society, and for inventors. But, maybe not for you. So, how about some facts to back up your position that we should do away with patents, rather than fix the system that is exploited by fat cats at the expense of society? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause Regards, James
mod parent (by Jimmy_Slimmy) up!
I have NO idea. What a waste of a life. Mod up !