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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Mark Nathan Wain, Seattle, WA (US);
Dharma Shukla, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mayank Mehta, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark Nathan Wain, Seattle, WA (US);
Dharma Shukla, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mayank Mehta, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
To provide for multi-language compilation, a protocol is established for compilers. Each of at least two compilers implements the protocol. A framework is developed which discovers compilers which have implemented the protocol. The framework allows multi-language compilation using and coordinating the compliant compilers. The framework is extensible. When a new protocol-compliant compiler is discovered, the language compiled by the new compiler can be compiled using the framework and the capabilities of the protocol-compliant compilers. Similarly, a multi-language extensible design tool may be created using protocol-compliant design tools.