19. The method of claim 18 wherein the same intermediate language may be used for programs writtein in BASIC, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, MODULA-2, PASCAL, RPG, ADA and PL/I.
18. A method for converting a program written in a high level language into a corresponding sequence of machine language instructions comprising converting high level language source code data into an intermediate language data and a symbol table to generate machine language instructions.