2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of locating a predetermined object description for said target object and reading data identifying instance variables unique to said object and a pointer to a description of an instance variable's class.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of locating a predetermined object description for said target object and reading data identifying instance variables unique to said object and a pointer to a description of an instance variable's class. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the steps are performed by a generic send message function means.