Re: ARC patent - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Tom Lane wrote:
> Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> 
>>FYI, IBM has applied for a patent on ARC (AFAICS the patent application
>>is still pending, although the USPTO site is a little hard to grok):
> 
> 

>>http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220040098541%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20040098541&RS=DN/20040098541
> 
> 
> Ugh.  We could hope that the patent wouldn't be granted, but I think
> it unlikely, unless Jan is aware of prior art (like a publication
> predating the filing date).  I fear we'll have to change or remove
> that code.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
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And what about "CAR: Clock with Adaptive Replacement"?

I found something here:
http://www.cs.duke.edu/csl/usenix/04fast/tech/bansal.html

Is it worth investigating?

best wishes,
marian