1. A computer implemented method of enabling an object-oriented application to access in an object-oriented manner a procedural operating system having a native procedural interface during run-time execution of the application in a computer having a memory component, the method comprising the steps of: (a) locating in the application an object-oriented statement which accesses a service provided by the operating system; (b) translating the object-oriented statement to a procedural function call compatible with the native procedural interface or the operating system and corresponding to the object-oriented statement; and c) executing in the computer the procedural function call to thereby cause the operating system to provide the service on behalf of the application.