Null terminator patent disclosure

[Ken Johnson]

In article <1991Apr1.052315.16971 at contact.uucp egr at contact.uucp (Gordan
Palameta) writes:

> Dear member of the "C" programming community, 

> As you are no doubt aware, the "C" programming language uses the "null
> terminator octet" method...  Please be advised that the "null terminator
> octet" method is covered by US Patent 4 910401

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