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Method and system for reducing an intentional program tree represented by high-level computational constructs

  • US 6,078,746 A
  • Filed: 06/27/1997
  • Issued: 06/20/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method in a computer system for determining an operand for an operator during data entry of the nodes of an intentional program tree, the method comprising:

  • receiving a sequence of tokens, each token indicating a computational construct corresponding to a node of the intentional program tree;

    when receiving an indication of a selection of a subtree of the intentional program tree, selecting the indicated subtree; and

    when receiving an indication of a next token to be appended to the sequence of tokens,when a subtree is currently selected, identifying the selected subtree as an operand of the operator represented by the next token;

    when a subtree is not currently selected, identifying according to predefined rules of operator precedence an operand of the operator represented by the next token; and

    adding a node to the intentional program tree indicating the operator represented by the next token and indicating the identified operandwhereby predefined rules of operator precedence may be overridden by selection of a subtree.

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