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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2001
John T. Micco, Waltham, MA (US);
William M. Mckeeman, Hollis, NH (US);
Brett Baker, Framingham, MA (US);
Michael Karr, Brookline, MA (US);
John T. Micco, Waltham, MA (US);
William M. McKeeman, Hollis, NH (US);
Brett Baker, Framingham, MA (US);
Michael Karr, Brookline, MA (US);
The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for using description information about a function to translate a call to the function in a first language into a call to a corresponding function in a second language. The methods include create description information from a definition of a function associated with a first language that enables translation of a call to the function in the first language into a call to a corresponding function in a second language without requiring processing of the definition of the function. In one aspect, the methods include providing a description file of items, each item including description information about a function associated with a first language, and using the file of description items to translate a first program file from the first language into a second language.