1. A process expression and resolution system including a general method of direct association, comprising: (a) a first language structure comprising a named result reference which is a destination for a result string for a directly associated correspondingly named resultant; (b) a second language structure comprising a result link, a first end of the result link being located within a formal list of a definition, a second end of the result link being directly associated by list position and located within an actual list of an invocation; a third language structure comprising the resultant, the resultant being associated with a language element selected from the group consisting of the correspondingly named result reference and the correspondingly named result link; and (d) resolution means for replacing the named result reference associated with the correspondingly named resultant with the resultant result string such that a language expression is resolved.