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Re:Apple is patenting Swift features by eecc on Friday January 25, 2019 @10:58AM (#18999047)
Optional chaining? You mean Apple got a patent for flatMap?
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Re:Apple is patenting Swift features by lenticular on Friday January 25, 2019 @07:15PM (#19003841)
Don't you just love the USPO? They are severely understaffed for the increasing rate of patents. Any other gov't agency would just form a backlog, but instead they just approve things with little examination.
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