Method of programming a task, having a plurality of processes, created by a plurality of different programmers, for operation by a computer

A method of executing an object program operating under the control of a computer, said program having a plurality of processes programmed by a user, said method of executing said program being independent of the boundaries of said processes, comprising the steps of:

• defining a plurality of unique objects for each process by the user;
• creating one or more phantom objects by the computer in response to a command specified by the user in one process for use by said one process, each of said phantom objects corresponds to a defined object in another process;
• accessing said phantom object in said one process by the computer;
• linking by the computer through the phantom object of one process to the corresponding defined object in another process;
• accessing said corresponding defined object in said another process by the computer through the phantom object;
• and
• transferring the result of said accessing by said phantom object, to said one process by the computer.

A method of creating an object program by a user for execution by a computer, comprising the steps of:

• dividing said program into a plurality of sub-programs by the user;
• defining a plurality of unique objects for each sub-program by the user;
• creating one or more phantom objects in one process for use by said one process by the computer, in response to a command specified by the user, each of said phantom objects corresponds to a defined object in another process;
• and
• causing each of said phantom objects to link automatically with another process having the corresponding defined object, to cause said one process to access said corresponding defined object automatically and to return the results of said execution to said one process automatically, by the computer.