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Re:No patent if invention lies only in computer program, say... by Ace17 on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @02:42AM (#11165184)
Algorithms have existed in the world of mathematics thousand years before computers were invented. From this point of view, computers are just a way to speed-up things.

If the Euler algorithm was discovered today, should it be patentable? What about the FFT? Is there any substantial difference with any "modern" algorithm, like the DCT or arithmetic encoding?

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Re:No patent if invention lies only in computer program, say... by umanwizard on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @03:10AM (#11165262)
I already said algorithms can be plausibly called math.

Lots of software, and software patents, have little to do with novel algorithms.

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