7. The method of claim 5, wherein said code library comprises an object-oriented class which includes as data a name port object which contains methods for obtaining information relating to said host computer, and for obtaining a list of processors assigned to said host computer.
5. A method for providing an object-oriented application including object-oriented statements an interface to a procedural operating system residing on a host computer with a memory component in the computer and a code library stored in the memory component, comprising the steps of: (a) implementing an object-oriented class library, the object-oriented class library comprising classes for requesting services provided by the procedural operating system; (b) providing said classes to said object-oriented application at application run-time; and (c) executing methods in said classes called by said application program by invoking procedural function calls corresponding to said methods called by said object-oriented application to provide an interface to said procedural operating system.