fred rosenberger wrote:was it developed as part of a class, or using the school's computers/network?
yes, it is going to be his final year project (he is in final year of under-graduation), what he was telling me is that only if someone invent a new way of making any modules in the process of making a new language (i.e. new way to make compiler or VM) then he/she can patent it , other wise if any one goes by the method which is documented some where like text-books and many reference books then it can't be patented, so my question is , is that true ? (forget about my country, let's consider the case of U.S.A) is that true in U.S ?