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Article #73893Re: Prior art for 4,674,040 (include files).
From: Steve Peltz
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1991 05:00
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1991 05:00
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> Another claim of the patent in question is that it covers the merging of > one portion of one document with another document -- that is, the #include > statement in one document references not an entire file but just part of > the file. The Tutor language used on PLATO systems has a "use" command which specifies a file name and a block name. PLATO files have named blocks in source files. This was available in 1974 and earlier. The CDC NOS "modify" utility is used to extract portions of a file, merging them with a base file into a resultant output file. It's ancient. I think there were equivalent facilities in KRONOS, but that was before my time. -- Steve Peltz Internet: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu PLATO/NovaNET: peltz/s/cerl
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,23fcbb0f53df5282 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-19 01:01:38 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!peltz From: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu (Steve Peltz) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Prior art for 4,674,040 (include files). Keywords: patents Message-ID: <1991Jul19.050030.27755@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 19 Jul 91 05:00:30 GMT References: <7044@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: UIUC Computer-based Education Research Lab Lines: 16