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Can you give an example? Are they trademarking `for` loops or something?

jpollock on Nov 17, 2022 [–]

https://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=791114&p=5747565

"Google also copied the nine-line rangeCheck function in its implementing code"

Comparison between the two, discussed back in 2012:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3940683

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