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* Support for [[integer (computer science)|unsigned integer]] data types commonly used in other languages
 
Visual Basic 2005 introduced the <code>IsNot</code> operator that makes <code>'If X IsNot Y'</code> equivalent to <code>'If Not X Is Y'</code>. It gained notoriety<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/22/real_slams_ms_patent/ |title=Real Software slams MS IsNot patent application |last=Sherriff |first=Lucy |publisher=The Register |date=February 22, 2005 |access-date=April 6, 2009 |archive-date=August 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803204929/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/22/real_slams_ms_patent/ |url-status=live }}</ref> when it was found to be the subject of a Microsoft patent application.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1766949,00.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731141459/http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1766949,00.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 31, 2012 |title=Real Software Slams Microsofts Patent Effort |last=Taft |first=Darryl K. |publisher=eWeek |date=February 21, 2005 |access-date=April 6, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=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=%2220040230959%22.PGNR.&OS=DN%2F20040230959&RS=DN%2F20040230959 |title=United States Patent Application: 20040230959 |work=Patent Application Full Text and Image Database |last1=Vick |first1=Paul A. Jr. |last2=Barsan |first2=Costica Corneliu |last3=Silver |first3=Amanda K. |date=May 14, 2003 |publisher=US Patent & Trademark Office |access-date=April 6, 2009 |archive-date=February 11, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211172531/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=%2220040230959%22.PGNR.&OS=DN%2F20040230959&RS=DN%2F20040230959 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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