Appeal No. 2000-1326 Page 2
Application No. 08/658,272
and second statements. The first statements are the actual
source code to be compiled while, the second statements are
placed in comment fields and used to adapt the code for
operation with the plurality of computers.
During development, the compiler compiles the first
statements for execution on a single computer while ignoring
the second statements. Accordingly, a programmer can validate
the basic operation of the source code without testing it on
the plurality of computers.
During operation, the pre-compiler interprets the second
statements to ensure that functional requirements are met.
For example, the requirements may specify a response time or a
number of objects. The compiler then compiles the first
statements and the interpretations of the second statements
for execution on the plurality of computers.
Claim 30, which is representative for present purposes,
follows:
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