STUPIDSID
1 (a)
Different between system software and application software.
4 M
1 (b)
Explain the instruction formats and addressing modes of SIC/XE machine architecture.
10 M
1 (c)
Write an ALP in SIC/XE to add two arrays of 100 words.
6 M
2 (a)
Explain the different data structures used in designing SIC assembler.
4 M
2 (b)
Discuss pass 2 algorithm of two pass assembler.
10 M
2 (b)
What is program relocation? Explain the problems associated with it and their solutions.
6 M
3 (a)
Explain load and go assembler with an example.
10 M
3 (b)
Explain multipass assembler.
6 M
3 (c)
Give the format for define and refer records.
4 M
4 (a)
With is a loader? Develop an algorithm for a bootstrap loader.
10 M
4 (b)
What is dynamic loading? What are its advantages and disadvantages? Explain with a neat diagram loading and calling of a subroutine using dynamic linking.
10 M
5 (a)
With a neat diagram, explain the structure of a text editor.
10 M
5 (b)
Explain the features of interactive debugging system.
10 M
6 (a)
Explain any three machine independent macro processor features.
10 M
6 (b)
Write an algorithm for a one pass macro processor.
10 M
7 (a)
What is regular expression? Briefly explain all the characters that form regular expression.
12 M
7 (b)
Write a LEX program to count the number of characters, words spaces and lines in a given input.
8 M
8 (a)
Write a YACC program to evaluate an arithmetic expression involving operators +, -, *, /.
8 M
8 (b)
Explain shift reduce parsing with an example.
8 M
8 (c)
Define the following terms: i) yytext, ii) yylval, iii) yylex, iv) yyparse.
4 M
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