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The result was Keep. Agent 86 01:03, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable programming language. Obtaining a US patent is not a sufficient sign of notability. Tens of thousands of patents are granted each year by the USPTO (see [1]). Edcolins 14:00, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, this is a notable language developed by Bell Labs, but hung up in software-development hell by the breakup of AT&T. [2][3] The article needs expansion and references. --Dhartung | Talk 21:11, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep - language seems to be notable for its legal status (limbo) rather than what it does, but there are "multiple independent articles" written about it. Argyriou (talk) 21:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep - patented really means something. --Deryck C. 09:04, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Really? See for instance US 6368227 . It is an actual US patent. This one does not mean a lot for science, doesn't it? My point is that "patented" does not necessarily mean something. --Edcolins 20:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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