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Re: Wolfe patent on "assert chains"


On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 04:49, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if GCC's VRP ASSERT_EXPRs would be considered prior art.

Even earlier than that.  The assertion mechanism in GCC was taken
directly from the PLDI'95 Patterson paper.


Diego.


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