Question 2 a) In the development of a compiler, the techniques used in compiler design can be applicable to many areas in computer science. Illustrate with examples, the areas of computer science that uses compiler design techniques.

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a) In the development of a compiler, the techniques used in compiler design can be 
applicable to many areas in computer science. Illustrate with examples, the areas of 
computer science that uses compiler design techniques. 

b) Few people will be required to write a compiler for a general-purpose language like C, 
Pascal, C++ etc. Discuss why do most computer science institutions offer compiler 
courses. 
 
c) A compiler can broadly be divided into two phases based on the way they compile. 
Discuss with examples these two major phases.
 

d) Compilers are fundamental to modern computing. They act as translators, transforming 
human-oriented programming languages into computer-oriented machine languages. A 
language processor like the interpreter share some of the functionality found in compilers, 
such as syntactic and semantic analyses. However, interpreters differ from compilers in 
that they execute programs without explicitly performing much translation. Clearly 
distinguish and different between a compiler and an interpreter. 
 

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