Program Construction Flashcards
1
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Stages of compilation
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lexical analysis symbol table construction syntax analysis semantic analysis code generation optimisation
2
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What is symbol table construction
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It is a table that sores the names and addresses of all variables, constants and arrays
Variable are checked to make sure they have been declared and to determine the data types used
3
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What is optimisation?
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It makes theprogram more efficient so it runs faster and uses fewer resouces
4
Q
Tools that help the programmer write clear,maintainable code
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editors runtime environments automatic line numbering error diagnosis colour coding debugger trace break points variable watch auto-correct auto-suggestion auto-indent linker loader compiler interpreters
5
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Types lf programming errors
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syntax runtime/execution logical linking rounding truncation
6
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Whta is a runtime eroor
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These sre eroors that occur only during the execution of a program. Errors include running out of memory
