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1
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What are variables an abstraction of?

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Memory cells that are characterized by attributes

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2
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What are some common problems with Names/identifiers?

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What form can names take and are there special words reserved (keywords)

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What are the aspects of a name?

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Length
use of special characters
Case sensitivity

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4
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What is the problem when names are too short?

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They cannot be connotative

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5
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How does Fortran, C99, C++, C#, Ada and Java handle name length?

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Fortran = 6 in F1, 31 in F95 and 63 in F 2003
C99 = No limit but only 1st 63 are significant, external names are limited to a max of 31
C++ = No limit but implementers often impose one
C# + ADA + Java = No limit and all are significant

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6
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Special Characters in PHP, Perl and Ruby

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PHP = All variable names need to start with $
Perl = Scalars use $ arrays use @ and hashes use a %
Ruby = Instance variable names begin with @, Class variables names begin with @@

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7
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What is the disadvantages Of case sensitivity?

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Decreased readability and write-ability

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8
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Why are there special words?

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To aid in readability by naming actions

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9
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Can reserved words be user-defined?

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Nope

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10
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What is the problem with an excess in special words?

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Name collisions are more likely to occur (COBOL has 300 reserved words)

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11
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What are the 6 attributes of a variable?

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Name
Address
Value
Type
Lifetime
Scope

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12
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All variables have names? T/F

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F

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13
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Can there be different addresses at different execution times for variables?

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Yes

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14
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What is a alias?

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When 2 variables can be used to access the same memory locations (pointers, references, and unions)

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15
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Are aliases good for readibility or bad?

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Bad (readers must remember all of them)

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16
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What is the Value of a variable

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Stores the content of a memory location is associated with

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17
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What is the l-value of a variable?

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The address (l-value = location value)

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18
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What is the r-value?

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Value of a variable (real value)

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19
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What does the type define for variables?

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How a value is stored in memory

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20
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What are the possible binding times?

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Language design time(binding operators symbols to operations)
Language implementation time (binding floating point type to a representation)
Compile time(Binding variable to type in C or Java)
Load time (Binding C++ local static to memory cell)
Runtime (binding nonstatic local variable to a memory cell)

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21
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Whats the difference between static binding and Dynamic binding?

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Static = occurs before run time
Dynamic = during execution

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22
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What is type binding and what are the issues?

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Binding of a variable to a type

How is a type specified and when does the binding take place

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23
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What is explicit declaration?

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statement used to declare types of variables. (int var )

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24
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What is implicit declaration?

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A default mechanism for specifying variable types.
Used in BASIC, Perl,Ruby, JS, PHP

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25
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What is the Advantage and Disadvantage of Static type binding?

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Adv: Writability

DisAdv : typographic errors cant be picked up by compiler

26
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What is type inferencing?

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Determining the types of variables form context (C#, Visual B 9.0+, Haskell, ML, F#)

27
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What is the advantage + disAdv of dynamic type binding?

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Adv: Flexibility

DisAdv: Cost + type error detection by compiler/interpreter is difficult

(JS,Python,ruby,PHP,C# (limited))

28
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What are the 3 stages of Storage bindings and lifetime?

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Allocation, Deallocation, and lifetime of a variable

29
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What are the different categories of Variables by Lifetime?

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Static
Stack-dynamic
Explicit heap-dynamic
Implicit heap-Dynamic

30
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What is Stack-dynamic variables?

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Storage bindings created for variables when their declaration statements are elaborated

31
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Adv + DisAdv of Stack-dynamic variables

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Adv: Allows recursion + conserves storage

DISAsv: Overhead of allocation + deallocation
Subprograms cannot be history sensitive
inefficient references

32
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How is Explicit heap-dynamic variables allocated?

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By explicit directives, specified by the programmer, which takes effect during execution (The variables are nameless)
(int * p = new int(12))

33
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If Explicit heap-dynamic variables are nameless how are they referenced?

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Through separate pointers or references

34
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Adv + DisAdv of explicit heap-dynamic variables?

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Adv: Custom dynamic storage management

DisAdv: unreliable (difficult to use correctly)
inefficient
Difficult to implement

35
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How is Implicit heap-dynamic variables allocated?

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Assignment (all strings and arrays in JS, PHP and Perl)

36
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Adv + DisAdv of Implicit heal-dynamic variables?

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Adv: Flexible

DisAdv: Inefficient (most attribute binding is dynamic)
Loss of error detection

37
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What is the scope of a variable?

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The range of statements over which it is visible

38
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What are the scope rules of a language?

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The definition of how name references are associated with variables

39
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What are the approaches to scoping rules?

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Static scope
Dynamic scope

40
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How does static scope work?

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It is based on program text to connect name reference to a variable (compiler + reader must find the declaration)

41
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How do you find the declaration in a static scope?

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Start at program local unit and continue search in increasingly larger enclosing scopes . Stop when found
void f(){
int i = 10; // declaration
for(…){
if(){i++; // local program unit} } }

42
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What are enclosing static scopes called?

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Static ancestors(nearest static ancestor is called a static parent)

43
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In what languages are variable hiding in blocks?

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C and C++

44
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What are the 2 parts of a let construct?

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Part that binds names to values
2nd part uses the names defined in the first part

45
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What is the Declaration Order of C99,C++ and Java and C#?

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C99,C++,Java C# = variable declarations can appear anywhere a statement can
C99 C++ and Java = Scope of local variables is from declaration to end of block
C++ Java and C# = Loop control variables can be declared in for loop header and scope restricted

46
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what is the variable scope in C#

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The whole block that the variable appears in

47
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in which languages is this allowed?
{{int x} int x}

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C99, C++, and Java but not C#

48
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What is the scope of variables in PHP?

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The scope is from the declaration to end of program.

49
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How can global variables be accessed in PHP?

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Through the $GLOBALS array and declaring it “global” in the function

50
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When can a global variable be assigned to in a function

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When the variable is declared as global in the function

51
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What is the advantages and DisAdv of static scoping?

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Adv: Works well in many situations
DisAdv: too much access is possible. local variables tend to gravitate towards becoming global. Subprograms also gravitate toward becoming global rather than nested

52
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What is Dynamic Scope based on?

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The calling sequence of program units (not text layout like global scope)
To connect a variable reference to a declaration: Search through chain of subprogram calls that brought execution to the variable reference

53
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Advantage and DisAdv of Dynamic scoping:

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Adv: Convenience
DisAdv: When a subprogram is executing, its variables are visible to all subprograms it calls. impossible to statically type check. Access to non-local variables is slower

54
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What is the referencing environment of a statement

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The collection of all names that are visible in the statement

55
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When a language uses a static scope what variables are visible?

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Local variables + all the visible variables in all of the active subprograms

56
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When a language uses a dynamic scope what variables are visible?

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static scope + active subprograms have started execution and have not yet terminated

57
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How many times is a name bound to a value for names constants?

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Only once

58
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What is the Adv of Named constants

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Readability and reliability

59
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How is named constant bound statically vs dynamically?

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Static : const int SIZE = 10 + 5

Dynamic: const int SIZE
Size = a + 1

60
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What are the 2 kind of named constant in C#

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const <- static
readonly <- dynamic

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