From: derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk   
      
   John,   
      
   > [I can think of a handful of patents, all about register allocation.   
   > As far as I can tell, nobody's ever made money from them, mostly   
   > useful as defense against future patent trolls.  This came up 15   
   > years ago.  See http://compilers.iecc.com/comparch/article/95-11-214   
   > -John]   
      
   Actually there are a surprising number of patents covering   
   various forms of code generation and analysis.  Search   
   ep.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=en_EP   
   using some obvious phrases.   
      
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