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From: spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Please remove PD-YACC sources from your machine IMMEDIATELY
Message-ID: <880003@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU>
Date: 7 Jul 88 14:42:00 GMT
References: <3532@rpp386.UUCP>
Organization: New York University
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Don't assume its TRUE just because its from a large company.  If the sources
are indeed YACC then they should be removed.  All I am suggesting is that
just because someone writes a parser generator and calls it YACC doesn't
mean that ATT owns their soul.  In this case, since the sources seem to
belong to ATT they should, of course, be removed.

a related point:  see this week's INFOWORLD, PC-WEEK, et al about IBM's
RISC  and virtual memory "patents".  Thay have yet to be specific about what
items they have patented, but imagine every 2nd year CS student getting a
letter from IBM for implementing a model VM machine...  (a far out example
I know, but hey... :-)

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