Compiling system for distributed computer system with multiple types of computers

A compiling system under a distributed environment where a plurality of different types of computers are interconnected by a network, said plurality of computers forming the network including a client computer and a specific server computer, comprising:

• said client computer having:
• (i) means for receiving a compile command, a type name of a compile request computer on the network requesting compilation of a source file and a name of source file to be compiled,
• (ii) means for determining a name of language from the received compile command, and
• (iii) means for transferring the name of said compile request computer and the name of language to the server computer and for outputting a command for retrieving whether there are any computers on the network holding a compiler for said source file and holding a necessary library, to the server computer;
• said server computer having an internal memory in which a compiler-installed computer table is prestored as a data table and which shows the relationship between a compiler for each type of computer and each language and a computer on the network holding the compiler, and in which a library-installed computer table is prestored as a data table and which shows the relationship between a library for each type of computer and a computer on the network holding the library, and
• retrieval means, operative in response to said command from the client computer, for firstly identifying a compiler-installed computer for compiling said source file on the network by retrieving said compiler-installed computer table and for secondly identifying a library-installed computer holding the necessary library on the network by retrieving the library-installed computer table, so that the information on the name of the compiler-installed computer and the library-installed computer can be obtained, and means for transferring said information on the name of the compiler installed computer and the name of the library-installed computer to said client computer;
• said client computer having means for transferring the information on the name of the compiler-installed computer, the name of the library-installed computer and the source file which were transferred from said server computer, to said compiler-installed computer;
• and
• said compiler-installed computer having means for compiling the source file by the holding compiler and for collecting the necessary library from the appropriate library-installed computer based on the information on the name of the library-installed computer transferred from the client computer, means for linking such a collected library to produce an object file, and means for transferring the object file to the client computer.