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What is the main role of the lexical analyzer?
What is the main role of the lexical analyzer?
- Collect type information for code generation
- Recognize meaningful structures in the source program
- Check for semantic errors in the source program
- Recognize the smallest meaningful units (tokens) in the source program (correct)
In which parsing technique does the construction of the parse tree start at the root and proceed towards the leaves?
In which parsing technique does the construction of the parse tree start at the root and proceed towards the leaves?
- LR Parsing
- Non-Recursive Predictive Parsing (LL Parsing)
- Recursive Predictive Parsing (correct)
- Operator-Precedence Parsing
What is an example of bottom-up parsing?
What is an example of bottom-up parsing?
- LR Parsing (correct)
- Recursive Predictive Parsing
- Simple Left-to-Right Parsing
- Operator-Precedence Parsing
Which type of parsing is also known as shift-reduce parsing?
Which type of parsing is also known as shift-reduce parsing?
What is an important part of semantic analysis that a semantic analyzer performs?
What is an important part of semantic analysis that a semantic analyzer performs?
What distinguishes LR Parsing from Operator-Precedence Parsing?
What distinguishes LR Parsing from Operator-Precedence Parsing?
What is the main role of a lexical analyzer?
What is the main role of a lexical analyzer?
What term is used synonymously with 'Syntax Analyzer'?
What term is used synonymously with 'Syntax Analyzer'?
What is the key difference between the tasks of a lexical analyzer and a syntax analyzer?
What is the key difference between the tasks of a lexical analyzer and a syntax analyzer?
Which part of a program is mainly recognized by a lexical analyzer?
Which part of a program is mainly recognized by a lexical analyzer?
What does a parse tree in a syntax analysis represent?
What does a parse tree in a syntax analysis represent?
In the context of programming language processing, what does BNF stand for?
In the context of programming language processing, what does BNF stand for?
What is one of the tasks performed by a Lexical Analyzer?
What is one of the tasks performed by a Lexical Analyzer?
Which programming language implementation approach for Lexical Analyzers is considered the most efficient but also most difficult to implement?
Which programming language implementation approach for Lexical Analyzers is considered the most efficient but also most difficult to implement?
What is a benefit of separating Lexical Analysis from Parsing in terms of compiler efficiency?
What is a benefit of separating Lexical Analysis from Parsing in terms of compiler efficiency?
Which tool is mentioned as easy to implement but not as efficient as using assembly language or high-level languages like C for Lexical Analysis?
Which tool is mentioned as easy to implement but not as efficient as using assembly language or high-level languages like C for Lexical Analysis?
What do specialized buffering techniques in Lexical Analyzers primarily focus on?
What do specialized buffering techniques in Lexical Analyzers primarily focus on?
Which phase of a compiler involves creating a Symbol Table and updating its entries?
Which phase of a compiler involves creating a Symbol Table and updating its entries?
