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Why would gcc be more vulnerable to patent issues?
by gillianseed 15y ago
Why would gcc be more vulnerable to patent issues?
- marshray 15y agoThe expression "A any more than B" doesn't imply B > 0, it just discusses A - B.
- gillianseed 15y agoEh, what? I responded to: > GCC (which is arguably more vulnerable to patent issues) And that statement certainly implies that A is _more_ vulnerable than B which promted me to ask what would make it _more_ vulnerable as I can't see in what way that would be true.
- marshray 15y agoAh, never mind then. :-)
- cbsmith 15y agoGCC represents a lot of technology for parsing/compiler/optimizing/handling platform differences/generating executable formats, and it does so in a fairly traditional fashion. Generally with software patents, what really exposes you is doing things more like everyone else does. Counter intuitive, but true.