27. A computer-readable medium storing a software program thereon, the program comprising computer executable instructions for implementing a method for representing type information for a typed intermediate language using a class hierarchy for representing different type classifications, the method comprising: defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘ContainerType’, wherein an object of class ‘ContainerType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for container types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘PtrType’, wherein an object of class ‘PtrType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for pointer types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘FuncType’, wherein an object of class ‘FuncType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for function types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘ClassType’, wherein an object of class ‘ClassType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for class types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘StructType’, wherein an object of class ‘StructType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for struct types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘InterfaceType’, wherein an object of class ‘InterfaceType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for interface types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘EnumType’, wherein an object of class ‘EnumType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for enumerated types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; and defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘PrimType’, wherein an object of class ‘PrimType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for primitive types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; wherein the object of class ‘PrimType’ is associated with a size settable to represent a constant size for the object of class ‘PrimType’, settable to represent a symbolic size for the object of class ‘PrimType’, and settable to represent an unknown size for the object of class ‘PrimType’; and wherein the class ‘PrimType’ represents a plurality of types comprising at least an unknown type, wherein the unknown type can represent any type, wherein the unknown type represents a lack of all type information, wherein a compiler drops type information by changing a known type to the unknown type during a stage of lowering, wherein the unknown type is set independently of the size, and wherein the ‘PrimType’ class supports an unknown type with an unknown size.
27. A computer-readable medium storing a software program thereon, the program comprising computer executable instructions for implementing a method for representing type information for a typed intermediate language using a class hierarchy for representing different type classifications, the method comprising: defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘ContainerType’, wherein an object of class ‘ContainerType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for container types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘PtrType’, wherein an object of class ‘PtrType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for pointer types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘FuncType’, wherein an object of class ‘FuncType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for function types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘ClassType’, wherein an object of class ‘ClassType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for class types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘StructType’, wherein an object of class ‘StructType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for struct types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘InterfaceType’, wherein an object of class ‘InterfaceType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for interface types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘EnumType’, wherein an object of class ‘EnumType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for enumerated types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; and defining a programming class of the class hierarchy as ‘PrimType’, wherein an object of class ‘PrimType’ is a type representation for the typed intermediate language for primitive types in a section of code written in one of a plurality of programming languages; wherein the object of class ‘PrimType’ is associated with a size settable to represent a constant size for the object of class ‘PrimType’, settable to represent a symbolic size for the object of class ‘PrimType’, and settable to represent an unknown size for the object of class ‘PrimType’; and wherein the class ‘PrimType’ represents a plurality of types comprising at least an unknown type, wherein the unknown type can represent any type, wherein the unknown type represents a lack of all type information, wherein a compiler drops type information by changing a known type to the unknown type during a stage of lowering, wherein the unknown type is set independently of the size, and wherein the ‘PrimType’ class supports an unknown type with an unknown size. 28. The computer-readable medium storing a software program thereon, the program comprising computer executable instructions for implementing a method, of claim 27 wherein the method further comprises program code for associating a size with an object of any class.