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The document is a question paper for an exam on principles of programming languages. It contains 11 questions across 2 parts - Part A is compulsory short answer questions, Part B contains longer answer questions from which students must choose one from each unit. The questions cover a range of topics related to programming language concepts, features, and design.

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Code No: 155CX R18

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD


B. Tech III Year I Semester Examinations, January/February - 2023
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PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
(Common to CSE, IT)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75
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Note: i) Question paper consists of Part A, Part B.
ii) Part A is compulsory, which carries 25 marks. In Part A, Answer all questions.
iii) In Part B, Answer any one question from each unit. Each question carries 10 marks
and may have a, b as sub questions.
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PART – A
(25 Marks)
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1.a) Define syntax and semantics. [2]
b) What is derivation and a parse tree? Write their significance with examples. [3]
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c) What are the problems with case sensitive names? Explain. [2]
d) What is the scope and life time of a variable? Explain. [3]
e) What is a Co-routine? Explain. [2]
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f) What is generic subprogram? [3]
g) Explain about message passing. [2]
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h) What advantages do monitors have over semaphores? Discuss. [3]
i) What are the data types supported in Python? [2]
j) Differentiate between procedural and data abstraction. [3]
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PART – B
(50 Marks)
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2.a) What are the three general methods of implementing a programming language?
b) Explain with an example how operator associativity can be incorporated in grammars.
[5+5]
OR
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3.a) The levels of acceptance of any language depend on the language description.
Comment on this.
b) In what fundamental way do operational semantics and denotational semantics differ?
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[5+5]

4.a) What are the design issues for character string types? Discuss.
b) Describe the process of Array initialization. [5+5]
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5.a) What are the problems associated with Unconditional Branching? Explain.
b) Explain the differences between subtypes and derived types. [5+5]
6.a) What are the design issues that are involved in functions? Discuss.
b) Explain how subprogram names are passed as parameters. Illustrate with examples.
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[5+5]
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7.a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of dynamic type binding? Discuss.
b) Explain how subprogram is overloaded? Give examples. [5+5]
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8.a) Discuss about concurrency in Functional languages.
b) What is a semaphore? What are the operations on semaphores? [5+5]
OR
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9.a) Explain in detail about Exception handling in Ada.
b) Write a detailed note on C# threads. [5+5]
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10.a) What are the differences between Imperative and functional languages? Explain.
b) Explain the Basic primitives of LISP. Give suitable examples. [5+5]
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11.a) What are the applications of functional languages? Explain.
b) Write a detail note on Scripting languages. [5+5]
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