This document provides information about the CS213 Programming Languages Concepts course taught by Prof. Taymoor Mohamed Nazmy in the computer science department at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. It describes the syntax and semantics of programming languages, discusses different programming language paradigms like imperative, functional, and object-oriented, and explains concepts like lexical analysis, parsing, semantic analysis, symbol tables, intermediate code generation, optimization, and code generation which are parts of the compiler design process.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler:
1. Lexical analysis scans source code as characters and converts them into tokens.
2. Syntax analysis checks token arrangements against the grammar to ensure syntactic correctness.
3. Semantic analysis checks that rules like type compatibility are followed.
4. Intermediate code is generated for an abstract machine.
5. Code optimization removes unnecessary code and improves efficiency.
6. Code generation translates the optimized intermediate code to machine language.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler:
1. Lexical analysis scans source code and converts it to tokens.
2. Syntax analysis checks token arrangements against the grammar to validate syntax.
3. Semantic analysis checks that rules like type compatibility are followed.
4. Intermediate code is generated for an abstract machine.
5. Code is optimized in the intermediate representation.
6. Code generation produces machine code from the optimized intermediate code.
The document discusses the three phases of analysis in compiling a source program:
1) Linear analysis involves grouping characters into tokens with collective meanings like identifiers and operators.
2) Hierarchical analysis groups tokens into nested structures with collective meanings like expressions, represented by parse trees.
3) Semantic analysis checks that program components fit together meaningfully through type checking and ensuring operators have permitted operand types.
Compiler Construction
Phases of a compiler
Analysis and synthesis phases
-------------------
-> Compilation Issues
-> Phases of compilation
-> Structure of compiler
-> Code Analysis
JLex is a lexical analyzer generator for Java that takes a specification file as input and generates a Java source file for a lexical analyzer. It performs lexical analysis faster than a comparable handwritten lexical analyzer. SAX and DOM are XML parser APIs that respectively use event-based and tree-based models to read and process XML documents, with SAX using less memory but DOM allowing arbitrary navigation and modification of the document tree.
The document discusses lexical analysis, which is the first phase of compilation. It involves reading the source code and grouping characters into meaningful sequences called lexemes. Each lexeme is mapped to a token that is passed to the subsequent parsing phase. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for tokens. A lexical analyzer uses finite automata to recognize tokens based on these patterns. Lexical analyzers may also perform tasks like removing comments and whitespace from the source code.
Token, Pattern and Lexeme defines some key concepts in lexical analysis:
Tokens are valid sequences of characters that can be identified as keywords, constants, identifiers, numbers, operators or punctuation. A lexeme is the sequence of characters that matches a token pattern. Patterns are defined by regular expressions or grammar rules to identify lexemes as specific tokens. The lexical analyzer collects attributes like values for number tokens and symbol table entries for identifiers and passes the tokens and attributes to the parser. Lexical errors occur if a character sequence cannot be scanned as a valid token. Error recovery strategies include deleting or inserting characters to allow tokenization to continue.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler:
1. Lexical analysis scans source code as characters and converts them into tokens.
2. Syntax analysis checks token arrangements against the grammar to ensure syntactic correctness.
3. Semantic analysis checks that rules like type compatibility are followed.
4. Intermediate code is generated for an abstract machine.
5. Code optimization removes unnecessary code and improves efficiency.
6. Code generation translates the optimized intermediate code to machine language.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler:
1. Lexical analysis scans source code and converts it to tokens.
2. Syntax analysis checks token arrangements against the grammar to validate syntax.
3. Semantic analysis checks that rules like type compatibility are followed.
4. Intermediate code is generated for an abstract machine.
5. Code is optimized in the intermediate representation.
6. Code generation produces machine code from the optimized intermediate code.
The document discusses the three phases of analysis in compiling a source program:
1) Linear analysis involves grouping characters into tokens with collective meanings like identifiers and operators.
2) Hierarchical analysis groups tokens into nested structures with collective meanings like expressions, represented by parse trees.
3) Semantic analysis checks that program components fit together meaningfully through type checking and ensuring operators have permitted operand types.
Compiler Construction
Phases of a compiler
Analysis and synthesis phases
-------------------
-> Compilation Issues
-> Phases of compilation
-> Structure of compiler
-> Code Analysis
JLex is a lexical analyzer generator for Java that takes a specification file as input and generates a Java source file for a lexical analyzer. It performs lexical analysis faster than a comparable handwritten lexical analyzer. SAX and DOM are XML parser APIs that respectively use event-based and tree-based models to read and process XML documents, with SAX using less memory but DOM allowing arbitrary navigation and modification of the document tree.
The document discusses lexical analysis, which is the first phase of compilation. It involves reading the source code and grouping characters into meaningful sequences called lexemes. Each lexeme is mapped to a token that is passed to the subsequent parsing phase. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for tokens. A lexical analyzer uses finite automata to recognize tokens based on these patterns. Lexical analyzers may also perform tasks like removing comments and whitespace from the source code.
Token, Pattern and Lexeme defines some key concepts in lexical analysis:
Tokens are valid sequences of characters that can be identified as keywords, constants, identifiers, numbers, operators or punctuation. A lexeme is the sequence of characters that matches a token pattern. Patterns are defined by regular expressions or grammar rules to identify lexemes as specific tokens. The lexical analyzer collects attributes like values for number tokens and symbol table entries for identifiers and passes the tokens and attributes to the parser. Lexical errors occur if a character sequence cannot be scanned as a valid token. Error recovery strategies include deleting or inserting characters to allow tokenization to continue.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. It provides details on each phase and the techniques involved. The overall structure of a compiler is given as taking a source program through various representations until target machine code is generated. Key terms related to compilers like tokens, lexemes, and parsing techniques are also introduced.
- The document outlines the goals, outcomes, prerequisites, topics covered, and grading for a compiler design course.
- The major goals are to provide an understanding of compiler phases like scanning, parsing, semantic analysis and code generation, and have students implement parts of a compiler for a small language.
- By the end of the course students will be familiar with compiler phases and be able to define the semantic rules of a programming language.
- Prerequisites include knowledge of programming languages, algorithms, and grammar theories.
- The course covers topics like scanning, parsing, semantic analysis, code generation and optimization.
This document discusses the principles of compiler design. It describes the different phases of a compiler, including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. It also discusses other language processing systems like preprocessors, assemblers, linkers, and loaders. The overall goal of a compiler is to translate a program written in one language into another language like assembly or machine code.
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It is on simple topic of compiler but first and foremost important topic of compiler. For Lexical Analyzing we coded in C language. So it is easy to understand .
Lexical analysis is the process of converting a sequence of characters from a source program into a sequence of tokens. It involves reading the source program, scanning characters, grouping them into lexemes and producing tokens as output. The lexical analyzer also enters tokens into a symbol table, strips whitespace and comments, correlates error messages with line numbers, and expands macros. Lexical analysis produces tokens through scanning and tokenization and helps simplify compiler design and improve efficiency. It identifies tokens like keywords, constants, identifiers, numbers, operators and punctuation through patterns and deals with issues like lookahead and ambiguities.
Overview of Language Processor : Fundamentals of LP , Symbol Table , Data Str...Bhavin Darji
Fundamentals of Language Processor
Analysis Phase
Synthesis Phase
Lexical Analysis
Syntax Analysis
Semantic Analysis
Intermediate Code Generation
Symbol Table
Criteria of Classification of Data Structure of Language Processing
Linear Data Structure
Non-linear Data Structure
Symbol Table Organization
Sequential Search Organization
Binary Search Organization
Hash Table Organization
Allocation Data Structure : Stacks and Heaps
A compiler is a program that translates a program written in one language (the source language) into an equivalent program in another language (the target language). Compilers perform several phases of analysis and translation: lexical analysis converts characters into tokens; syntax analysis groups tokens into a parse tree; semantic analysis checks for errors and collects type information; intermediate code generation produces an abstract representation; code optimization improves the intermediate code; and code generation outputs the target code. Compilers translate source code, detect errors, and produce optimized machine-readable code.
In this PPT we covered all the points like..Introduction to compilers - Design issues, passes, phases, symbol table
Preliminaries - Memory management, Operating system support for compiler, Compiler support for garbage collection ,Lexical Analysis - Tokens, Regular Expressions, Process of Lexical analysis, Block Schematic, Automatic construction of lexical analyzer using LEX, LEX features and specification.
The document discusses the key phases and components of a compiler. It describes a compiler as a program that translates a program written in a source language into an equivalent program in a target language. The main phases covered are lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, code generation, and symbol table management. Lexical analysis involves breaking the source code into tokens, while syntax and semantic analysis ensure grammatical correctness and type checking. The output of these phases can undergo code optimizations before final code generation in the target language.
This document provides an overview of compiler design and its various phases. It discusses the different phases of a compiler including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. It also describes the structure of a compiler and how it translates a source program through various representations and analyses until generating target code. Key concepts covered include context-free grammars, parsing techniques, symbol tables, intermediate representations, and code optimization.
This document provides an overview of a compiler engineering lab at the University of Dammam Girls' College of Science. It discusses what a compiler is, the different phases and parts of compilation including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation. It also describes some common compiler construction tools like scanner generators, parser generators, and code optimizers that can automate parts of the compiler development process. The document serves as an introduction to the concepts and processes involved in building compilers.
We have learnt that any computer system is made of hardware and software.
The hardware understands a language, which humans cannot understand. So we write programs in high-level language, which is easier for us to understand and remember.
These programs are then fed into a series of tools and OS components to get the desired code that can be used by the machine.
This is known as Language Processing System.
The document discusses the phases of a compiler in three sentences:
1) A compiler has analysis and synthesis phases, with analysis including lexical analysis to identify tokens, hierarchical/syntax analysis to group tokens into a parse tree, and semantic analysis to check correctness.
2) The synthesis phases generate intermediate code, optimize it, and finally generate target machine code.
3) Each phase supports the others through symbol tables, error handling, and intermediate representations that are passed between phases.
The document describes the analysis-synthesis model of compilation which has two parts: analysis breaks down the source program into pieces and creates an intermediate representation, and synthesis constructs the target program from the intermediate representation. During analysis, the operations of the source program are determined and recorded in a syntax tree where each node represents an operation and children are the arguments.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. It explains that a compiler takes source code as input and translates it into an equivalent language. The compiler performs analysis and synthesis in multiple phases, with each phase transforming the representation of the source code. Key activities include generating tokens, building a syntax tree, type checking, generating optimized intermediate code, and finally producing target machine code. Symbol tables are also used to store identifier information as the compiler runs.
The document discusses the major phases of a compiler:
1. Syntax analysis parses the source code and produces an abstract syntax tree.
2. Contextual analysis checks the program for errors like type checking and scope and annotates the abstract syntax tree.
3. Code generation transforms the decorated abstract syntax tree into object code.
The document describes the main phases of a compiler: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. Lexical analysis converts characters into tokens. Syntax analysis groups tokens into a parse tree based on grammar rules. Semantic analysis checks types and meanings. Intermediate code generation outputs abstract machine code. Code optimization improves efficiency. Code generation produces target code like assembly.
This document provides a 2 mark question and answer review for the Principles of Compiler Design subject. It includes 40 questions and answers covering topics like the definitions and phases of a compiler, lexical analysis, syntax analysis, parsing, grammars, ambiguity, error handling and more. The questions are multiple choice or short answer designed to assess understanding of key compiler design concepts and techniques.
The document provides an overview of compilers and interpreters. It discusses that a compiler translates source code into machine code that can be executed, while an interpreter executes source code directly without compilation. The document then covers the typical phases of a compiler in more detail, including the front-end (lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis), middle-end/optimizer, and back-end (code generation). It also discusses interpreters, intermediate code representation, symbol tables, and compiler construction tools.
This document provides an introduction to compilers and their construction. It defines a compiler as a program that translates a source program into target machine code. The compilation process involves several phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code optimization, and code generation. An interpreter directly executes source code without compilation. The document also discusses compiler tools and intermediate representations used in the compilation process.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. It provides details on each phase and the techniques involved. The overall structure of a compiler is given as taking a source program through various representations until target machine code is generated. Key terms related to compilers like tokens, lexemes, and parsing techniques are also introduced.
- The document outlines the goals, outcomes, prerequisites, topics covered, and grading for a compiler design course.
- The major goals are to provide an understanding of compiler phases like scanning, parsing, semantic analysis and code generation, and have students implement parts of a compiler for a small language.
- By the end of the course students will be familiar with compiler phases and be able to define the semantic rules of a programming language.
- Prerequisites include knowledge of programming languages, algorithms, and grammar theories.
- The course covers topics like scanning, parsing, semantic analysis, code generation and optimization.
This document discusses the principles of compiler design. It describes the different phases of a compiler, including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. It also discusses other language processing systems like preprocessors, assemblers, linkers, and loaders. The overall goal of a compiler is to translate a program written in one language into another language like assembly or machine code.
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It is on simple topic of compiler but first and foremost important topic of compiler. For Lexical Analyzing we coded in C language. So it is easy to understand .
Lexical analysis is the process of converting a sequence of characters from a source program into a sequence of tokens. It involves reading the source program, scanning characters, grouping them into lexemes and producing tokens as output. The lexical analyzer also enters tokens into a symbol table, strips whitespace and comments, correlates error messages with line numbers, and expands macros. Lexical analysis produces tokens through scanning and tokenization and helps simplify compiler design and improve efficiency. It identifies tokens like keywords, constants, identifiers, numbers, operators and punctuation through patterns and deals with issues like lookahead and ambiguities.
Overview of Language Processor : Fundamentals of LP , Symbol Table , Data Str...Bhavin Darji
Fundamentals of Language Processor
Analysis Phase
Synthesis Phase
Lexical Analysis
Syntax Analysis
Semantic Analysis
Intermediate Code Generation
Symbol Table
Criteria of Classification of Data Structure of Language Processing
Linear Data Structure
Non-linear Data Structure
Symbol Table Organization
Sequential Search Organization
Binary Search Organization
Hash Table Organization
Allocation Data Structure : Stacks and Heaps
A compiler is a program that translates a program written in one language (the source language) into an equivalent program in another language (the target language). Compilers perform several phases of analysis and translation: lexical analysis converts characters into tokens; syntax analysis groups tokens into a parse tree; semantic analysis checks for errors and collects type information; intermediate code generation produces an abstract representation; code optimization improves the intermediate code; and code generation outputs the target code. Compilers translate source code, detect errors, and produce optimized machine-readable code.
In this PPT we covered all the points like..Introduction to compilers - Design issues, passes, phases, symbol table
Preliminaries - Memory management, Operating system support for compiler, Compiler support for garbage collection ,Lexical Analysis - Tokens, Regular Expressions, Process of Lexical analysis, Block Schematic, Automatic construction of lexical analyzer using LEX, LEX features and specification.
The document discusses the key phases and components of a compiler. It describes a compiler as a program that translates a program written in a source language into an equivalent program in a target language. The main phases covered are lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, code generation, and symbol table management. Lexical analysis involves breaking the source code into tokens, while syntax and semantic analysis ensure grammatical correctness and type checking. The output of these phases can undergo code optimizations before final code generation in the target language.
This document provides an overview of compiler design and its various phases. It discusses the different phases of a compiler including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. It also describes the structure of a compiler and how it translates a source program through various representations and analyses until generating target code. Key concepts covered include context-free grammars, parsing techniques, symbol tables, intermediate representations, and code optimization.
This document provides an overview of a compiler engineering lab at the University of Dammam Girls' College of Science. It discusses what a compiler is, the different phases and parts of compilation including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation. It also describes some common compiler construction tools like scanner generators, parser generators, and code optimizers that can automate parts of the compiler development process. The document serves as an introduction to the concepts and processes involved in building compilers.
We have learnt that any computer system is made of hardware and software.
The hardware understands a language, which humans cannot understand. So we write programs in high-level language, which is easier for us to understand and remember.
These programs are then fed into a series of tools and OS components to get the desired code that can be used by the machine.
This is known as Language Processing System.
The document discusses the phases of a compiler in three sentences:
1) A compiler has analysis and synthesis phases, with analysis including lexical analysis to identify tokens, hierarchical/syntax analysis to group tokens into a parse tree, and semantic analysis to check correctness.
2) The synthesis phases generate intermediate code, optimize it, and finally generate target machine code.
3) Each phase supports the others through symbol tables, error handling, and intermediate representations that are passed between phases.
The document describes the analysis-synthesis model of compilation which has two parts: analysis breaks down the source program into pieces and creates an intermediate representation, and synthesis constructs the target program from the intermediate representation. During analysis, the operations of the source program are determined and recorded in a syntax tree where each node represents an operation and children are the arguments.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. It explains that a compiler takes source code as input and translates it into an equivalent language. The compiler performs analysis and synthesis in multiple phases, with each phase transforming the representation of the source code. Key activities include generating tokens, building a syntax tree, type checking, generating optimized intermediate code, and finally producing target machine code. Symbol tables are also used to store identifier information as the compiler runs.
The document discusses the major phases of a compiler:
1. Syntax analysis parses the source code and produces an abstract syntax tree.
2. Contextual analysis checks the program for errors like type checking and scope and annotates the abstract syntax tree.
3. Code generation transforms the decorated abstract syntax tree into object code.
The document describes the main phases of a compiler: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. Lexical analysis converts characters into tokens. Syntax analysis groups tokens into a parse tree based on grammar rules. Semantic analysis checks types and meanings. Intermediate code generation outputs abstract machine code. Code optimization improves efficiency. Code generation produces target code like assembly.
This document provides a 2 mark question and answer review for the Principles of Compiler Design subject. It includes 40 questions and answers covering topics like the definitions and phases of a compiler, lexical analysis, syntax analysis, parsing, grammars, ambiguity, error handling and more. The questions are multiple choice or short answer designed to assess understanding of key compiler design concepts and techniques.
The document provides an overview of compilers and interpreters. It discusses that a compiler translates source code into machine code that can be executed, while an interpreter executes source code directly without compilation. The document then covers the typical phases of a compiler in more detail, including the front-end (lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis), middle-end/optimizer, and back-end (code generation). It also discusses interpreters, intermediate code representation, symbol tables, and compiler construction tools.
This document provides an introduction to compilers and their construction. It defines a compiler as a program that translates a source program into target machine code. The compilation process involves several phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code optimization, and code generation. An interpreter directly executes source code without compilation. The document also discusses compiler tools and intermediate representations used in the compilation process.
The document discusses the differences between compilers and interpreters. It states that a compiler translates an entire program into machine code in one pass, while an interpreter translates and executes code line by line. A compiler is generally faster than an interpreter, but is more complex. The document also provides an overview of the lexical analysis phase of compiling, including how it breaks source code into tokens, creates a symbol table, and identifies patterns in lexemes.
The document discusses the phases of a compiler and their functions. It describes:
1) Lexical analysis converts the source code to tokens by recognizing patterns in the input. It identifies tokens like identifiers, keywords, and numbers.
2) Syntax analysis/parsing checks that tokens are arranged according to grammar rules by constructing a parse tree.
3) Semantic analysis validates the program semantics and performs type checking using the parse tree and symbol table.
The document discusses the phases of a compiler:
1) Lexical analysis scans the source code and converts it to tokens which are passed to the syntax analyzer.
2) Syntax analysis/parsing checks the token arrangements against the language grammar and generates a parse tree.
3) Semantic analysis checks that the parse tree follows the language rules by using the syntax tree and symbol table, performing type checking.
4) Intermediate code generation represents the program for an abstract machine in a machine-independent form like 3-address code.
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The document discusses the various phases of a compiler:
1. Lexical analysis scans source code and transforms it into tokens.
2. Syntax analysis validates the structure and checks for syntax errors.
3. Semantic analysis ensures declarations and statements follow language guidelines.
4. Intermediate code generation develops three-address codes as an intermediate representation.
5. Code generation translates the optimized intermediate code into machine code.
The document discusses language translation using lex and yacc tools. It begins with an introduction to compilers and interpreters. It then provides details on the phases of a compiler including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, and optimization. The document also provides an overview of the lex and yacc specifications including their basic structure and how they are used together. Lex is used for lexical analysis by generating a lexical analyzer from regular expressions. Yacc is used for syntax analysis by generating a parser from a context-free grammar. These two tools work together where lex recognizes tokens that are passed to the yacc generated parser.
The document discusses the roles of compilers and interpreters. It explains that a compiler translates an entire program into machine code in one pass, while an interpreter translates and executes code line-by-line. The document also covers the basics of lexical analysis, including how it breaks source code into tokens by removing whitespace and comments. It provides an example of tokens identified in a code snippet and discusses how the lexical analyzer works with the symbol table and syntax analyzer.
This document provides information about the CS416 Compiler Design course, including the instructor details, prerequisites, textbook, grading breakdown, course outline, and an overview of the major parts and phases of a compiler. The course will cover topics such as lexical analysis, syntax analysis using top-down and bottom-up parsing, semantic analysis using attribute grammars, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation.
This document provides an overview of the key concepts and phases in compiler design, including lexical analysis, syntax analysis using context-free grammars and parsing techniques, semantic analysis using attribute grammars, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. The major parts of a compiler are the analysis phase, which creates an intermediate representation from the source program using lexical analysis, syntax analysis, and semantic analysis, and the synthesis phase, which generates the target program from the intermediate representation using intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation.
The document discusses the lexical analysis phase of a compiler. In lexical analysis, the source code is divided into tokens. Common token types include keywords, identifiers, and special symbols. Lexical analyzers perform pattern matching and techniques used for lexical analysis can also be applied to other areas like query languages. Lex is a tool that can generate an automaton recognizer for regular expressions to specify lexical analyzers. The role of a lexical analyzer is to read input characters and produce a sequence of tokens for the parser to use in syntax analysis.
The document outlines the major phases of a compiler: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation. It describes the purpose and techniques used in each phase, including how lexical analyzers produce tokens, parsers use context-free grammars to build parse trees, and semantic analyzers perform type checking using attribute grammars. The intermediate code generation phase produces machine-independent codes that are later optimized and translated to machine-specific target codes.
The document summarizes the key phases of a compiler:
1. The compiler takes source code as input and goes through several phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code optimization, and code generation to produce machine code as output.
2. Lexical analysis converts the source code into tokens, syntax analysis checks the grammar and produces a parse tree, and semantic analysis validates meanings.
3. Code optimization improves the intermediate code before code generation translates it into machine instructions.
The document describes the phases of a compiler. It discusses lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization and code generation.
Lexical analysis scans the source code and returns tokens. Syntax analysis builds an abstract syntax tree from tokens using a context-free grammar. Semantic analysis checks for semantic errors and annotates the tree with types. Intermediate code generation converts the syntax tree to an intermediate representation like 3-address code. Code generation outputs machine or assembly code from the intermediate code.
The compilation process consists of multiple phases that each take the output from the previous phase as input. The phases are: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate code generation, code optimization, and code generation.
The analysis phase consists of three sub-phases: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, and semantic analysis. Lexical analysis converts the source code characters into tokens. Syntax analysis constructs a parse tree from the tokens. Semantic analysis checks that the program instructions are valid for the programming language.
The entire compilation process takes the source code as input and outputs the target program after multiple analysis and synthesis phases.
The document provides an introduction to compilers, describing compilers as programs that translate source code written in a high-level language into an equivalent program in a lower-level language. It discusses the various phases of compilation including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code optimization, and code generation. It also describes different compiler components such as preprocessors, compilers, assemblers, and linkers, and distinguishes between compiler front ends and back ends.
The document discusses the development of cognitive systems and artificial intelligence. It provides an overview of IBM's Watson, a question answering computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language. The document describes Watson's architecture which involves question analysis, hypothesis generation, evidence scoring, and synthesis to arrive at answers. It details how Watson was able to compete successfully on the game show Jeopardy and is now being developed to assist with medical applications.
This document discusses the future of artificial cognitive systems. It outlines several key topics including the main cognitive processes, the role of tacit knowledge in cognition, progress made in building cognitive systems, and potential architectures for cognitive systems. The document also discusses using spike neural networks for perception in cognitive systems and research into artificial consciousness systems. It provides examples of organizations researching cognitive computing and predicts continued advances that will require collaboration across academia, government and industry.
The document provides an overview of knowledge representation and logic. It discusses knowledge-based agents and how they use a knowledge base to represent facts about the world through sentences expressed in a knowledge representation language. It then covers different knowledge representation schemas including propositional logic, first-order logic, rules, networks, and structures. The document also discusses inference, different types of logic, and knowledge representation languages.
The document discusses various concepts related to state-space search problems and algorithms. It begins by introducing state-space representation and search trees, then describes concepts like search paths, costs, and strategies. It contrasts uninformed searches like breadth-first search which expand nodes by depth, with informed searches like A* that use heuristics. Breadth-first search is discussed in more detail, including that it expands the shallowest nodes first and adds generated states to the back of the queue.
1) Intelligent agents are systems that perceive their environment and act upon it. They can be designed to act or think rationally or humanly.
2) An agent is anything that can perceive its environment through sensors and act upon the environment through effectors. Agents perceive the environment via sensors and act with effectors, mapping percept sequences to actions.
3) Key properties of intelligent agents include autonomy, reactivity, proactiveness, balancing reactive and goal-oriented behavior, and social ability. Agents must be able to operate independently, respond to changes, pursue goals, and interact with other agents.
This document provides information about an Artificial Intelligence course. The key details are:
- The course is CSC 343, taught over 3 lecture hours and 2 lab hours
The document discusses image enhancement techniques in the frequency domain. It introduces Fourier transforms and how they can be used to represent images as a combination of different frequencies. Lowpass and highpass filtering techniques are described for smoothing or sharpening images by modifying specific frequency components. Filters like ideal, Butterworth, and Gaussian are covered. The summary applies filtering in the frequency domain to enhance images.
This document provides information about an image processing course. The key details are:
- The course number is CSC 447 and is taught over 3 lecture hours and 2 lab hours. It is worth 65 marks and has a 3 hour exam.
- The course covers topics like image processing applications, enhancement techniques, restoration, segmentation, and scene analysis. It also covers specific techniques like using neural networks and parallel algorithms for image processing.
- The textbook for the course is "Digital Image Processing Using Matlab" by Rafael Gonzalez and Richard Woods. There are 11 lab assignments focused on topics like image display, filtering, transforms, and color conversion using Matlab.
- The course is taught by
Verification and validation are processes to ensure a software system meets user needs. Verification checks that the product is being built correctly, while validation checks it is the right product. Both are life-cycle processes applying at each development stage. The goal is to discover defects and assess usability. Testing can be static like code analysis or dynamic by executing the product. Different testing types include unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing. An effective testing process involves planning test cases, executing them, and evaluating results.
1. The document discusses software design principles for the waterfall software process.
2. It outlines 11 design principles including dividing problems into smaller components, increasing cohesion, reducing coupling, keeping abstraction high, and designing for flexibility, reusability, portability, and defensiveness.
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Plc part 2
1. Course code: CS213
Course title :
(Programming Languages Concepts)
PART: 2
Prof. Taymoor Mohamed Nazmy
Dept. of computer science, faculty of computer science, Ain Shams uni.
Ex-vice dean of post graduate studies and research Cairo, Egypt
1
3. Where are we?
High-level Programming
Languages
Logic
Functional
Imperative
Concepts
• specification (syntax, semantics)
• variables (binding, scoping, types, …)
• statements (control, selection, assignment,…)
Implementation
• compilation (lexical &
syntax analysis)
Assembly
Language
Machine
Language
Object
Oriented
You are
here 3
4. Syntax and semantics
• Syntax - the form or structure of the expressions, statements, and
program units.
• Semantics - the meaning of the expressions, statements, and
program units.
• Ex:
• while (<Boolean_expr>)<statement>
• The semantics of this statement form is that when the current value
of the Boolean expression is true, the embedded statement is
executed.
• The form of a statement should strongly suggest what the statement
is meant to accomplish.
4
5. Compiler processing steps of PL
• compilers have several steps of processing to do
before their programs are runnable:
- Reads the individual characters of the source code you give it.
- Sorts the characters into words, numbers, symbols, and operators.
- Takes the sorted characters and determines the operations they
are trying to perform by matching them against patterns, and
making a tree of the operations.
- Iterates over every operation in the tree made in the last step, and
generates the equivalent binary.
5
6. 17-6
Language Components
• Lexicon, Syntax, Semantics
• All languages, including computer languages have vocabulary,
grammar and meaning. In computer science and linguistics,
these concepts are referred to as lexicon, syntax and semantics,
respectively.
• The lexicon of a computer language is its total inventory of
words and symbols. An item in the lexicon is called a lexeme,
which is the basic unit of meaning in a computer program.
• Lexemes are made up of smaller units called characters that
have no inherent meaning by themselves.
7. The Compiler check the correctness
of the language then translate it by
• Lexical analysis
– (or scanning), involves reading the individual characters of the computer
program, building each lexeme and identifying the token to which it
belongs. It can detects inputs with illegal tokens
• Parsing
– Or syntax analysis, the Parser (syntactical analyzer) takes the sequenceof tokens
and generates a tree representation, the Abstract Syntax. This tree is analyzed by
the type checker and is then used to generate the intermediate representation. It
can detects inputs with ill-formed parse trees
• Semantic analysis
– Catches all remaining errors, then the compiler translates the program
statement into the equivalent machine code instructions, a process called
code generation. 7
8. Syntax and semantics as a parts of Compiler Architecture
Analysis
of input program
(front-end)
character
stream
Lexical Analysis
Code Generation
Optimization
Intermediate Code
Generation
Semantic Analysis
Syntactic Analysis
annotated
AST
abstract
syntax tree
token
stream
target
language
intermediate
form
intermediate
form
Synthesis
of output program
(back-end)
Symbol
Table Error handler
8
9. Lexical rules
• Words are not elementary. They are constructed
out of characters belonging to an alphabet. Thus
the syntax of a language is defined by two sets of
rules: lexical rules and syntactic rules.
• Lexical rules specify the set of characters that
constitute the alphabet of the language and the
way such characters can be combined to form
valid words.
9
10. What is Lexical Analysis?
- The lexical analyzer deals with small-scale language constructs,
such as names and numeric literals. The syntax analyzer deals
with the large-scale constructs, such as expressions, statements,
and program units.
- The syntax analysis portion consists of two parts:
1. A low-level part called a lexical analyzer (essentially a
pattern matcher).
2. A high-level part called a syntax analyzer, or parser.
The lexical analyzer collects characters into logical
groupings and assigns internal codes to the groupings
according to their structure.
10
11. Lexical Analyzer in Perspective
• LEXICALANALYZER
– Scan Input
– Remove white space, …
– Identify Tokens
– Create Symbol Table
– Insert Tokens into AST
– Generate Errors
– Send Tokens to Parser
11
12. Token
• In programming, a token is a single element of a
programming language. There are five categories of
tokens:
• 1) constants,
• 2) identifiers,
• 3) operators,
• 4) separators,
• and 5) reserved words.
• For example, the reserved words "new" and "function"
are tokens of the JavaScript language. Operators, such as
+, -, *, and /, are also tokens of nearly all programming
languages.
12
14. Lexical analyzers extract lexemes from a given input string and
produce the corresponding tokens.
Sum = oldsum – value /100;
Token Lexeme
IDENT sum
ASSIGN_OP =
IDENT oldsum
SUBTRACT_OP -
IDENT value
DIVISION_OP /
INT_LIT 100
SEMICOLON ;
Lexemes vs token
14
16. Parser
• A parser is a compiler or interpreter component that breaks
data into smaller elements for easy translation into another
language.
• Parsing, syntax analysis, or syntactic analysis is the
process of analysing a string of symbols, either in natural
language, computer languages or data structures,
conforming to the rules of a formal grammar.
• A parser takes input in the form of a sequence of tokens or
program instructions and usually builds a data structure in
the form of a parse tree or an abstract syntax tree.
16
17. Parse Tree: a+b*c
<exp> * <exp>
<exp>
<exp> + <exp>
b c
a
Parse Tree: ((a+b)*c)
<exp>
<exp> + <exp>
( <exp> )
<exp> * <exp>
( <exp> )
a b
c
17
18. Error Management
or handler
• Errors can occur at all phases in the compiler
• Invalid input characters, syntax errors, semantic
errors, etc.
• Good compilers will attempt to recover from
errors and continue.
18
19. Abstract Syntax Tree
• The parse tree is used to recognize the components of the
program and to check that the syntax is correct.
• As the parser applies productions, it usually generates the
component of a simpler tree (known as Abstract Syntax Tree).
A syntax tree shows the structure of a program by abstracting away
irrelevant details from a parse tree.
Each node represents a computation to be performed;
The children of the node represents what that computation is
performed on.
19
20. Abstract Syntax Trees
E
E * E
15 ( E )
E + E
3 4
Times
Int 15 Plus
Int 3 Int 4
Parse tree Abstract syntax tree
15*(3+4)E for Expression
20
21. Semantic analyzer
• The semantic analyzer uses the syntax tree
and the information in the symbol table to
check the source program for semantic
consistency with the language definition.
• It also gathers type information and saves it in
either the syntax tree or the symbol table, for
subsequent use during intermediate-code
generation.
21
22. • The semantics consist of:
• Runtime semantics: behavior of program at run
time.
• Static semantics: checked by the compiler.
22
23. SEMANTIC ANALYZER(CONT.)
6
The semantic analyzer does the following:
Checks the static semantics of thelanguage.
Annotates the syntax tree with typeinformation, as
shown in example a.:= x + y * 2.5;
:= real
id a real + real
id x real * real
inttoreal literal 2.5 real
id y integer
Annotated syntax tree
23
24. STATIC SEMANTICS
2
4
Declaration of variables and constants before use. i.e.
int
x;
x=3;
Calling functions that exist (predefined in a library or defined by the user) i.e.
n = Max(4,7);
int Max(int x, int y)
{
int z;
if(x >
y)
z = x;
else
z =
y; return z;
}
24
25. STATIC SEMANTICS
2
5
Passing parameters properly.
Type checking, i.e.
int x, y;
x= 3;
y = 2.5;
performs an error, cause 2.5 is not int it is float data type.
Static semantics can not be checked bythe parser.
25
26. Symbol table
• symbol table is a data structure used by a language translator
such as a compiler or interpreter, where each identifier in a
program's source code is associated with information relating to
its declaration or appearance in the source.
• Symbol table stores the information related about the symbol.
• During early phases (lexical and syntax analysis) symbols are
discovered and put into the symbol table
• During later phases symbols are looked up to validate their
usage.
26
27. 27
Symbol Table
• A “Dictionary” that maps names to info the compiler knows
about that name.
• What names?
– Variable and procedure names
– Literal constants and strings
• What info?
Textual name
Data type
Declaring procedure
Lexical level of declaration
If array, number and size of dimensions
If procedure, number and type of parameters
28. Symbol Table Management
• Typical symbol table activities:
1) To store the names of all entities in a structured form at
one place.
2) To verify if a variable has been declared.
3) To implement type checking, by verifying assignments
and expressions in the source code are semantically
correct.
4) To determine the scope of a name (scope resolution).
5) Add a new name
6) Add information for a name
7) Access information for a name
8) Determine if a name is present in the table
9) Remove a name
28
30. Optimizers
• Intermediate code is examined and improved.
• Can be simple:
– changing “a:=a+1” to “increment a”
– changing “3*5” to “15”
• Can be complicated:
– reorganizing data and data accesses for cache efficiency
• Optimization can improve running time by orders of
magnitude, often also decreasing program size.
30
31. Code Generation
• Generation of “real executable code” for a particular
target machine.
• It is completed by the Final Assembly phase
• Final output can either be
– assembly language for the target machine
– object code ready for linking
31
32. 32
Compilation process
Source code
(character stream)
Lexical analysis
Parsing
Token stream
Abstract syntax tree
(AST)
Semantic Analysis
if (b == 0) a = b;
if ( b ) a = b ;0==
if
==
b 0
=
a b
if
==
int b int 0
=
int a
lvalue
int b
boolean
Decorated AST
int
;
;
33. 33
Compilation process
Intermediate Code Generation
Optimization
Code generation
if
==
int b int 0
=
int a
lvalue
int b
boolean int
;
CJUMP ==
MEM
fp 8
+
CONST MOVE
0 MEM MEM
fp 4 fp 8
NOP
+ +
CJUMP ==
CONST MOVE
0 DX CX
NOPCX
CMP CX, 0
CMOVZ DX,CX
35. Why Backus-Naur form (BNF)
• BNF is a metalanguage which is used to explain
computer languages.
• In the world of computing, there are several
widely used metalanguages are Backus Naur
Form (BNF), Extended Backus Naur Form
(EBNF), Augmented Backus Naur Form (ABNF).
BNF is essential in compiler construction
35
36. Backus-Naur form (BNF)
• BNF is a meta-language. A meta-language is a language that is
used to describe other languages. The Backus Naur Form is
designed in a set of derivation rules expressed as,
• <symbol> ::= __expression__
• We describe BNF first, and then we show how it can be used to
describe the syntax of a simple programming language.
• The symbols
• ::=, < , > , * , + , ( , ) , and |
• are symbols of the metalanguage: they are metasymbols.
36
37. BNF symbols
• < > indicate a nonterminal that needs to be
further expanded, e.g. <variable>
• Symbols not enclosed in < > are terminals;
they represent themselves, e.g. if, while,
• The symbol ::= means is defined as
• The symbol | means or; it separates
alternatives,
37
38. • <integer> ::= <digit> | <digit><digit>
• Here, both <integer> and <digit> are Non-
Terminals and will give an output like,
• <integer> ::= 5
• <integer> ::= 86
38
39. BNF for as language descriptor
• <program> ::= <stmts>
<stmts> ::= <stmt>
<stmts> ::= <stmnt> ; <stmnts>
• <stmt> ::= <var> = <expr>
• <var> ::= a | b | c | d
• <expr> ::= <term> + <term> | <term> - <term>
• <term> ::= <var> | const
39
40. • e.g1.
<while_stmt> ::= while <logic_expr> do <stmt>
• This is a rule; it describes the structure of a while
statement.
• e.g2.
• if-then-else-statement ::= if <test>
then <statement> else <statement>
• This is a rule; it describes the structure of if statement
40
41. BNF and Parse Trees
<program>
<stmts>
<stmt>
<var> = <expr>
a <term> + <term>
<var> const
b
A parse tree is a hierarchical representation of BNF
41
42. 42
BNF and Parsing
source file
Scanner
Parser
input stream
parse tree
sum = x1 + x2;
sum
=
x1
+
x2
;
sum
=
+
x1 x2
tokens
Regular expressions
define tokens
BNF rules define
grammar elements
44. Imperative programming
• Imperative programming based on Von Neumann’s
computer model. It describes a sequence of steps that
change the state of the computer.
• Imperative programming explicitly tells the
computer "how" to accomplish a specific task .
44
48. What is a Type?
• A type is a qualifier that is used by the compiler
Machine languages do not have types
• The type of a variable or constant tells the
compiler:
– How much space the object occupies
– What operations on the object mean
49. What is a Type?
• Given an address in RAM, what does it mean?
Could be anything!
• Types tell the compiler
– Which instruction to apply
Integer addition, floating pt addition
– How to increment pointers
Array references, fields
50. Data Types
Data Type:
In computer science and computer programming, a data type or
simply type is a classification identifying one of various types of data,
A data type is used to:
Identify the type of a variable when the variable is declared
Identify the type of the return value of a function
Identify the type of a parameter expected by a function
Types of Data Type:
primitive data types
non-primitive data types 50
51. • Primitive Data Type: include floating-point,
integer, enumerated type, double and many
other topics from this portion.
• Non Primitive Data Type consists of:
• Composite Data Type: It may includes array,
union, record and tagged union data type.
• Abstract Data Type: Like stack, queue,
graph, tree etc.
51
54. • Other examples of data types
• Boolean (e.g., True or False)
• Character (e.g., a)
• Date (e.g., 03/01/2016)
• Double (e.g., 1.79769313486232E308)
• Floating-point number (e.g., 1.234)
• Integer (e.g., 1234)
• Long (e.g., 123456789)
• Short (e.g., 0)
• String (e.g., abcd)
• Void (e.g., no data)
54
56. Decimal Integer
It consists of 0-9 digits, preceded by an optional – or
+ sign.
Valid example of decimal integer are : 123 , -321, 0 ,
654321, +78
Embedded spaces, comma and non digit characters
are not permitted between digits.
15 750, 20,000, $1000 are Illegal
56
57. Floating Point Types
Floating point numbers are stored in 32 bits with
6 digits of precision.
When the accuracy provided by float is not
sufficient double data type is used. It uses 64 bits
giving a precision of 14 digits.
When you want to extend more precision you can use
the long double data type. It uses 80 bits
57
58. Void Types
Void type has no values.
Void type does not return any values.
These are used to specify the return values from the
function when they don‟t have any value to return
58
64. Records
• A (possibly heterogeneous) aggregate of data
elements in which the individual elements are
identified by names
64
65. Pointers
int x = 20;
int *p;
p = &x;
*p = 20;
Declares a pointer
to an integer
& is address operator
gets address of x
* dereference operator
gets value at p
65
A pointer is a variable holding an address value
66. Pointers
int x = 20;
int *p;
p = &x;
*p = 20;
*p refers to the value stored in x.
p
x20
A pointer is a variable holding an address value
66
67. Declarations
• Constants and variables must be declared before they can be used.
• A constant declaration specifies the type, the name and the value of the
constant.
• A variable declaration specified the name and possibly the initial value of
the variable.
• When you declare a constant or a variable, the compiler
1. Reserves a memory location in which to store the value of the constant
or variable.
2. Associates the name of the constant or variable with the memory
location. (You will use this name for referring to the constant or
variable.)
67
68.
69. Variables
• A variable is an abstraction of a memory cell
• Variables can be characterized by several
attributes:
– Name
– Address
– Value
– Type
– Lifetime
– Scope
70. Variables
• Address
– the memory address with which it is associated
– A variable may have different addresses at different times
during execution – e.g., local variables in subprograms
– A variable may have different addresses at different places in
a program – e.g., variable allocated from the runtime stack
– Aliases
• If two variable names can be used to access the same memory
location
• harmful to readability (program readers must remember all of them)
• How aliases can be created:
– Pointers, reference variables, Pascal variant records, C and C++ unions,
and FORTRAN EQUIVALENCE
71. Variables
• Type
– determines the range of values of variables and the
set of operations that are defined for values of that
type
• int type in Java specifies a value range of –2147483648
to 2147483647 and arithmetic operations for addition,
subtraction, division, etc
– in the case of floating point, type also determines
the precision (single or double)
72. Variables
• Value
– the contents of the memory cells with which the
variable is associated
– Abstract memory cell - the physical cell or
collection of cells associated with a variable
• The l-value of a variable is its address
• The r-value of a variable is its value
73. slide 73
Variables: Locations and Values
• When a variable is declared, it is bound to some
memory location and becomes its identifier
– Location could be in global, heap, or stack storage
• l-value: memory location (address)
• r-value: value stored at the memory location identified
by l-value
• Assignment: A (target) = B (expression)
– Destructive update: overwrites the memory location
identified by A with a value of expression B
74. slide 74
Variables and Assignment
• On the RHS of an assignment, use the variable’s
r-value; on the LHS, use its l-value
– Example: x = x+1
– Meaning: “get r-value of x, add 1, store the result
into the l-value of x”
• Example: x=x*y means “compute rval(x)*rval(y) and
store it in lval(x)”
77. Introduction
• The central feature of imperative languages are variables
• Variables are abstractions for memory cells in a Von
Neumann architecture computer
• Attributes of variables
– Name, Type, Address, Value, …
• Other important concepts
– Binding and Binding times
– Strong typing
– Type compatibility rules
– Scoping rules
77
78. Preliminaries
• Name: representation for something else
– E.g.: identifiers, some symbols
• Binding: association between two things;
– Name and the thing that it names
• Scope of binding: part of (textual) program that
binding is active
• Binding time: point at which binding created
– Generally: point at which any implementation decision
is made.
78
79. Names (Identifiers)
• Names are not only associated with variables
– Also associated with labels, subprograms, formal
parameters, and other program constructs
• Design issues for names:
– Maximum length?
– Are connector characters allowed? (“_”)
– Are names case sensitive?
– Are the special words: reserved words or keywords?
79
80. Names
• Length
– Language examples:
• FORTRAN I: maximum 6
• COBOL: maximum 30
• FORTRAN 90 and ANSI C (1989): maximum 31
– Ansi C (1989): no length limitation, but only first 31 chars significant
• Ada and Java: no limit, and all are significant
• C++: no limit, but implementors often impose one
• Connector characters
– C, C++, and Perl allows “_” character in identifier names
– Fortran 77 allows spaces in identifier names:
Sum Of Salaries and SumOfSalaries refer to the same identifier
80
81. Names
• Case sensitivity
– C, C++, and Java names are case sensitive
– Disadvantages:
• readability (names that look alike are different)
• writability (must remember exact spelling)
– Java: predefined names are mixed case (e.g.
IndexOutOfBoundsException)
– Earlier versions of Fortran use only uppercase letters
for names
81
82. Case Sensitive or Case
Insensitive?
foobar == FooBar == FOOBAR
?
C-basedlanguages:case sensitive
C convention: variable namesonly lower caseletters
Pascal:case insensitive
Javaconvention: CamelCaseinstead ofunder_scores
82
83. Names
• Special words
– Make program more readable by naming actions to
be performed and to separate syntactic entities of
programs
– A reserved word is a special word that cannot be
used as a user-defined name
83
84. Special Words
keyword:identifier with special
meaningin certaincontexts
reserved word: specialword
that cannot beusedasaname
Integer Apple
Integer = 4
type
name
Fortran
Integer Real
Real Integerpackage
example;
class User {
private String name;
public String get_name
{
return name;
}
}
Java
84
85. Binding
• A binding is an association, such as between
an attribute and an entity, or between an
operation and a symbol
• Binding time is the time at which a binding
takes place
87. Binding Times
• Possible binding times:
1. Language design time
e.g., bind operator symbols to operations
2. Language implementation time
e.g., bind floating point type to a representation
3. Compile time
e.g., bind a variable to a type in C or Java
4. Load time
e.g., bind a FORTRAN 77 variable to a memory cell (or a C static variable)
5. Runtime
e.g., bind a nonstatic local variable to a memory cell
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89. Storage Binding
• Storage Bindings
– Allocation
• getting a cell from some pool of available memory cells
– Deallocation
• putting a cell back into the pool of memory cells
• Lifetime of a variable is the time during which it is bound to a
particular memory cell
– 4 types of variables (based on lifetime of storage binding)
• Static
• Stack-dynamic
• Explicit heap-dynamic
• Implicit heap-dynamic
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Type Systems
• A language’s type system specifies which
operations are valid for which types
• The goal of type checking is to ensure that
operations are used with the correct types
– Enforces intended interpretation of values, because
nothing else will!
• Type systems provide a concise formalization of
the semantic checking rules
91. Type Checking
• Type checking ensures that the operands and the operator are of
compatible types
• Generalized to include subprograms and assignments
• Compatible type is either
– legal for the operator, or
– language rules allow it to be converted to a legal type
• Coercion
– Automatic conversion
• Type error
– Application of an operator to an operand of incorrect type
• Nearly all type checking can be static for static type bindings
• Type checking must be dynamic for dynamic type bindings
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Kinds of Type Checking
• Three kinds of languages:
– Statically typed: All or almost all checking of types
is done as part of compilation (C, Java, Cool)
– Dynamically typed: Almost all checking of types is
done as part of program execution (Scheme)
– Untyped: No type checking (machine code)
94. Also called lexicalscoping.
Ifa variable name's scope isa certain function,
then itsscope isthe program textof the function
definition:withinthat text, the variable name exists,
and is bound to itsvariable, but outside that text,
the variable name does not exist.
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95. Indynamic scoping (ordynamic scope), ifa
variable name's scope is a certain function, then its
scopeisthe time-period duringwhich the function is
executing.
While the function isrunning,the variable name exists,
and isbound to itsvariable, but after the function
returns,the variable name does not exist.
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97. LHS and RHS
• LHS = Left Hand Side
Means replace contents
Set value where this thing is stored
• RHS = Right Hand Side
– Means value
– Evaluate expression, function, etc.
– Arrive at a value to store in LHS
98. Constants
• Fixed values such as numbers, letters, and
strings are called “constants” - because their
value does not change
• Numeric constants are as you expect
• String constants use single-quotes (')
or double-quotes (")
>>> print 123
123
>>> print 98.6
98.6
>>> print 'Hello world'
Hello world
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99.
100. Sentences or Lines
x = 2
x = x + 2
print x
Variable Operator Constant Reserved Word
Assignment Statement
Assignment with expression
Print statement
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101. Assignment Statements
• We assign a value to a variable using the assignment
statement (=)
• An assignment statement consists of an expression on
the right hand side and a variable to store the result
x = 3.9 * x * ( 1 - x )
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102. x = 3.9 * x * ( 1 - x )
0.6x
Right side is an expression. Once
expression is evaluated, the result is
placed in (assigned to) x.
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.93
A variable is a memory location used to
store a value (0.6).
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103. x = 3.9 * x * ( 1 - x )
0.6 0.93x
Right side is an expression. Once
expression is evaluated, the result is
placed in (assigned to) the variable on
the left side (i.e. x).
0.93
A variable is a memory location used to
store a value. The value stored in a
variable can be updated by replacing the
old value (0.6) with a new value (0.93).
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104. Order of Evaluation
• When we string operators together - it must know
which one to do first
• This is called “operator precedence”
• Which operator “takes precedence” over the others
x = 1 + 2 * 3 - 4 / 5 ** 6
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105. Operator Precedence Rules
• Highest precedence rule to lowest precedence
rule
• Parenthesis are always respected
• Exponentiation (raise to a power)
• Multiplication, Division, and Remainder
• Addition and Subtraction
• Left to right
Parenthesis
Power
Multiplication
Addition
Left to Right
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110. Arithmetic Expressions can either be
integer expressions or real expressions.
Sometimes a mixed expressions can also
be formed which is a mixer of real and
integer expressions.
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111. Expressions
• An expression is a sequence of operands and operators
that reduces to a single value.
– Example: 2 * 5
• Operators
– An operator is a language-specific syntactical token that requires
an action to be taken.
• Operand
– A operand receives an operator’s action.
– The operands of multiply are the multiplier and the multiplicand.
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112. => OPERATORS: “An operator is a symbol (+,-,*,/) that
directs the computer to perform certain mathematical or
logical manipulations and is usually used to manipulate data
and variables”
=>The objects of the operation(s) are referred to as
Operands.
Ex: a + b
operands
Operator
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114. Meaning
----------------------
Store 5 in Num
Num = Num + 5
Num = Num - 5
Num = Num * 5
Num = Num / 5
Num = Num % 5
Operator
----------------
==
+=
-=
*=
/=
%=
Example
----------------
Num = 5
Num += 5
Num -= 5
Num *= 5
Num /= 5
Num %= 5
Assignment operators
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115. • Integer Expressions are formed by connecting integer
constants and/or integer variables using integer
arithmetic operators.
• The following are valid integer expressions :
• int I,J,K,X,Y,Z,count;
• A) k - x
• B) k + x – y + count
• C) –j + k * y
• D) z % y
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116. • Real Expressions are formed by connecting real
constants and/or real variables using real arithmetic
operators.
• The following are valid real expressions:
• float qty,amount,,value;
• double fin,inter; const bal=250.53;
• i) qty/amount
• ii) (amount + qty*value)-bal
• iii) fin + qty* inter
• iv) inter – (qty * value) + fin 116
117. The process of converting one
predefined type into another is
called Type Conversion.
C++ facilitates the type
conversion .
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118. Boolean expression
• Boolean expression is used expression in a
programming language that produces a Boolean
value when evaluated, that is one of true or false.
• A Boolean expression may be composed of a
combination of the Boolean constants true or
false, Boolean-typed variables, Boolean-valued
operators, and Boolean-valued functions.
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119. Example
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! ( Num1 < Num2 )
(Num1 < 5 ) && (Num2 > 10 )
(Num1 < 5 ) || (Num2 > 10 )
Operator
----------------
!
&&
||
Definition
----------------
NOT
AND
OR
Logical operators
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121. Example
----------------------
Num1 < 5
Num1 <= 5
Num2 > 3
Num2 >= 3
Num1 == Num2
Num1 != Num2
Operator
----------------
<
<=
>
>=
==
!=
Definition
----------------
Less than
Less than or equal to
Greater than
Greater than or equal to
Equal to
Not equal to
Relational operators
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