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Method and system for compiling source code containing natural language instructions

US6173441A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 1998
Grant dateJan 9, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/36
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for compiling source code comprising natural language declarations, natural language method calls, and natural language control structures into computer-executable object code is disclosed. The system and method allow the compilation of source code containing both natural language and computer language into computer-executable object code. The system and method use a component database, containing components and associated natural language instructions, to select one or more components having an instruction declaration associated with the natural language instruction. A solution manager is used to resolve ambiguities inherent in the use of natural language instructions in the source code.

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