10 Questions
What is the purpose of the activation record in a procedure call?
To manage the information needed by a single execution of the procedure
What happens when a procedure is called?
The activation record is created and pushed onto the stack
What is the purpose of the control link in the activation record?
To point to the activation record of the caller
What is the purpose of the access link in the activation record?
To refer to non-local data held in other activation records
What is the purpose of the temporaries in the activation record?
To store the values that arise in the evaluation of an expression
What is the purpose of static storage allocation?
To allocate memory at compile time with names bound to storage locations
Which of the following is not a common operation performed on a symbol table?
Merge
What is the purpose of the lookup() operation in a symbol table?
To find the location of a symbol in the table
What is the purpose of the insert() operation in a symbol table?
To add a new symbol and its associated data to the table
What data structure is commonly used to implement a symbol table?
Hash table
Test your knowledge on implementation techniques for symbol tables such as using unordered lists, hash tables, and binary search trees. Learn about the operations provided by symbol tables including insertion. Ideal for students studying compiler design or data structures.
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