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Unit 1 :- Introduction to System Software and Software Tools

Chapter 1 :-  Language Processors

 Define the following terms.

Program Software application software system software Application domain execution domain semantics semantic gap PL Domain specification gap execution gap, Language Processor Language Processing Source Program Target Program Source Language Target Language Language Translator Detranslator Preprocessor Language Migrator Interpreter Problem Oriented Languages

Procedure Oriented Languages Lexical rules syntax rules semantic rules Forward Reference Language Processor Pass Intermediate Representation of Programs Formal Language Alphabet Terminal Symbol Meta Symbol String, Length Null String Concatenation Non Terminal Symbol Production Distinguished Symbol Grammar Binding Binding Times Static Binding Dynamic Binding

 Write an answer of following questions in detail.

1. Describe that how Language Processing Activities arise and how it is represented using domains.
2. Advantages of Introducing PL domain between application domain and execution domain.
3. Describe a spectrum (entire) of Language Processor.
4. Explain Language Processing Activity (Program Generation & Program Execution Activity) in detail.
5. Explain the comparison of Translation model and Interpretation model in terms of Advantage and Disadvantage.
6. Explain Forward Reference with example.
7. Draw and Explain Front-End of a Toy Compiler with Lexical Analysis, Syntax Analysis semantic analysis.
8. Draw and Explain Back-End of a Toy Compiler with memory allocation and code generation.
9. Explain Derivation, Reduction and Parse Trees with example.
10. Explain different types of Grammars (Type 0, Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Operator Grammar).
11. What is ambiguity in Grammatic specification and how we can remove it?
12. Explain Two Language Processor Development Tool (LPDT) LEX and YACC with example.