I find it mind boggling that something as simple as this can actually be patented. unsigned average(unsigned a, unsigned b) { return (a / 2) + (b / 2

I find it mind boggling that something as simple as this can actually be patented. unsigned average(unsigned a, unsigned b) { return (a / 2) + (b / 2) + (a & b & 1); } That makes the patent system seem broken to me.