15. The system of claim 14, wherein the second object-oriented computer program further comprises one or more child classes and one or more corresponding parent classes, wherein each description of a child class includes a pointer to a description of its parent class, and each said child class locates its corresponding parent class by reading said pointer.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the second object-oriented computer program further comprises one or more child classes and one or more corresponding parent classes, wherein each description of a child class includes a pointer to a description of its parent class, and each said child class locates its corresponding parent class by reading said pointer. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein said description of one or more classes further comprises a list of functions provided by a child class such that if a message requests a function not provided by said child class, said pointer to said description of said parent class of said child class is read and said function is searched for in a list of functions in said description of said parent class of said child class.