System and method for extending a programming language to include multiple dissimilar object systems

A non-transitory computer-readable medium holding instructions for interfacing from an array-oriented system to a non-native object system, said instructions comprising instructions for:

• providing an interface between a requesting unit in the array-oriented system and the non-native object system;
• specifying a format for at least one procedure for use in the interface;
• invoking at least one function for use in the non-native object system corresponding to the at least one specified procedure in the interface;
• creating, calling, or destroying the at least one function in the non-native object system;
• receiving a request to create an array, the request received at the interface from the array- oriented system;
• identifying whether the non-native object system is array-capable;
• creating an array using an indexing type of the non-native object system if the non-native object system is array-capable, and using an indexing type of the array-oriented system if the non-native object system is not array capable;
• inserting one or more elements associated with the at least one function into the array;
• and
• returning the array to the requesting unit.

A system for providing an interface between an array-oriented system and a non-native object system, said system comprising:

• a processor for providing a requesting unit in the array-oriented system, the requesting unit provided by the processor, the requesting unit requesting that the interface create an array, the array created using an indexing type of the non-native object system if the non-native object system is array-capable, and using an indexing type of the array-oriented system if the non-native object system is not array capable;
• a specified format for at least one procedure for use in the interface;
• and
• at least one function created, using a computer, for use in the non-native object system corresponding to the at least one specified procedure in the interface,
• wherein the function is invoked in the interface, the function is created, called, or destroyed in the non-native object system, and
• one or more elements associated with the at least one function are inserted into the array before the array is returned to the requesting unit.

A computer-implemented system for interfacing from an array-oriented system to a non-native object system, said computer-implemented system comprising:

• a processor for providing an interface between an array-oriented system and a non-native object system;
• and
• a requesting unit in the array-oriented system using the interface to execute at least one object in the non-native object system, the requesting unit requesting that the interface create an array, the array created using an indexing type of the non-native object system if the non-native object system is array-capable, and
• using an indexing type of the array-oriented system if the non-native object system is not array capable, wherein:
• the object is executed using the interface according to a format specified in the interface, the object is created, called, or destroyed in the non-native object system, and
• one or more elements associated with the object are inserted into the array before the array is returned to the requesting unit.