From a quick scan, the majority opinion here seems reasonable. I suspect it is what almost everyone working in programming would have considered the "right" ans

From a quick scan, the majority opinion here seems reasonable. I suspect it is what almost everyone working in programming would have considered the "right" answer. The dissent is worrying, though. For a pivotal case that would have had a profound adverse effect on the future of software development had it been decided the other way, there seemed to be a disturbing lack of appreciation of the fundamental issues in play, particularly the practical reasons that programmers separate interface and implementation and the implications of this for interoperability.