Declaration programming language extension for procedural programming languages

A computer implemented method of declarative data processing while executing a program using a procedural programming language which uses syntax and development tools of the procedural programming language having a plurality of code sections comprising a plurality of functions encoded in the procedural programming language, the functions implementing the steps of:

• comparing a rule with an object and deriving a result responsive to said result and contents of said rule as specified in connection with a conditional statement in said procedural language;
• and
• determining whether attributes, relationships and a time tag of the object must be updated, and if so, performing an update, and
• determining whether the object must be removed from among objects of an object type to be compared with a rule, and if so, removing the object from among objects of the object type.

A method for generating and utilizing a declarative programming extension for a procedural programing language, comprising the steps of:

• encoding a plurality of functions in a plurality of code sections of computer code using syntax and development tools of the procedural program language to form a computer program, said code representing said procedural programming language, wherein each said function is encoded in a code section;
• at least two functions of said plurality of functions including a rule for comparison with data objects and an operation to be performed to update a data object and specify a rule and object for a subsequent operation when said rule is satisfied;
• and
• executing said computer programming including said plurality of code sections, thereby providing an implementation suitable for use in a resource constrained system using syntax and development tools of existing said procedural programming language.