Patent ID: 6189143
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method in a computer system for specifying a new computational construct for use in defining a computer program, comprising:providing a display enzyme for each of a plurality of computational constructs, each display enzyme for displaying a representation of the computational construct;when displaying a computer program represented by an intentional program tree;for each computational construct represented by a node in the intentional program tree;identifying a display enzyme for the computational construct from among the provided display enzymes; andinvoking the identified display enzyme passing a reference to the node wherein the identified display enzyme displays a representation of the computational construct represented by the passed node; andadding a new display enzyme for the new computational construct to the provided display enzymes so that the new computational construct can be specified in another computer program and wherein previously defined computer programs can be displayed without conflict with the new computational construct.