System and method for the structuring and interpretation of organic computer programs

Abstract

In various aspects, a system and method for structuring and interpreting organic computer programs may provide for programs to expand, grow and evolve analogous to the way plants, animals, and organisms in nature grow and evolve. The organic computing system and method may unify program design time and program run time, may provide for program structure and program state to change at run time, and may provide for programs to continuously change and evolve through the addition of member functions, inputs, and outputs as the program is running. The organic computing system provides continuous means of differentiation, creating asymmetries and the opportunity for competition, and integration, creating symmetries and the opportunity for cooperation. Together, these factors provide a programming system wherein normalization occurs over time through the exchange and integration of differences and evolution and diversification through the creation of new differences, thereby introducing a differential form of computer science.

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         97 . A computer-implemented method for representing functions as streams containing immutable data, the method comprising the steps of:
 defining a uniform schema for a plurality of functions and data, wherein the plurality of functions and the data each have a state and a structure;   defining the plurality of functions and the data uniformly according to the schema; and   transforming the schema, the plurality of functions, and the plurality of data into a at least one first stream of entities, each entity containing immutable data; and   
       wherein the combination of the schema, the plurality of functions, the data, any state, and any structure is portable and any change to the combination is synchronizable within one computer system or across a plurality of computer systems. 
     
     
         98 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 97 , further comprising storing the at least one first stream in a tangible storage medium. 
     
     
         99 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 97 , wherein the state and the structure of the plurality of the functions and the state and the structure of the data are maintainable according to the schema as they occur through time within one computer system or across a plurality of computer systems. 
     
     
         100 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 97 , wherein the uniform schema comprises at least one form, at least one relation, and at least one relationship. 
     
     
         101 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 97 , wherein the at least one form, at least one relation, and at least one relationship comprise at least one of the entities in the at least one first stream.