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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1999
Ian Carmichael, Markham, CA;
Derek B. Inglis, Toronto, CA;
Michael Karasick, Pound Ridge, NY (US);
Vincent J. Kruskal, Harrison, NY (US);
Harold L. Ossher, South Salem, NY (US);
David J. Streeter, Richmond Hill, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A compiler having one or more separate components, each of which contains the source code of the compiler which is responsible for implementing a corresponding data representation. These components are responsible for all of the parts of compilation which depend on the corresponding data representation. In one aspect of the present invention, a compiler comprises: a converter for converting program code to object code; and a data representation implementor for isolating within the compiler information that relates to representation of data at runtime, wherein the converter accesses the data representation implementor to obtain information that is needed for converting any portion of the program code that is dependent on representation of data at runtime.