"Microsoft being microsoft again.<p>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196015.html - DECLARATION OF
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This contains description of scoped classes, etc.<p>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html - IMMUTABLE OBJECT TYPES<p>I really hope patent office will reject these applications."<p>SOURCE: http://forum.dlang.org/thread/ltinlp$79s$1@digitalmars.com