Lexical Analysis
This is the smallest meaningful unit in a grammar
token
The type of translator executes code line-by-line without producing an executable
Interpreter
What was the inspiration for the name of the Python language?
Monty Python
What was the release date of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim?
11-11-2011
In this code:
print("Hello")
the string "Hello" belongs to what category of token?
Literal
The output of a successful compilation is...
binary, executable
What keyword do we use in Python to represent "Nothing"
None
Who is the greatest point-guard in NBA History?
1. Magic Johnson followed by Oscar Robertson, John Stockton
Name two parts/steps in the compilation process
Source → Lexer → Parser → AST → Code Generation
This is the primary reason why compiled code typically runs faster than interpreted code.
The translation (or analysis) is done only once, before execution.
What keyword is used to define a function in python?
def
Which music group wrote the song "Stairway to Heaven"
Led Zeppelin
The Lexer strips away these two elements from the source code as they are not meaningful to the compiler.
comments and whitespace
This process performed by a compiler helps improve execution speed by restructuring code without changing its behavior.
Optimization
In Python everything can be described as this fundamental concept?
Object
Which WW2 Era General was known as the "Desert Fox"
Erwin Rommel
This data structure, which maps recognized strings to their token type, is used by the lexer for lookup
Look-up table, symbol-table, or table
Name 5 Interpreted Languages
Python, Ruby, JS, PHP, Perl, Bash, Lua, R
Who created the Python language and where is he from?
Guido van Rossum, Netherlands
"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse"
The Godfather