COMPILER DESIGN

ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPILER DESIGN

CODE GENERATION FOR OBJECT ORIENTED LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Resolving errors in a program is known as ____
A
Debugging
B
Refixing
C
Error Checking
D
Problem Solving
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Debugging is the process of finding and fixing errors or bugs in the source code of any software. When software does not work as expected, computer programmers study the code to determine why any errors occurred.

Detailed explanation-2: -Debugging is the process of finding and resolving defects or problems within a computer program that prevents the correct operation of computer software or a system. The debugging process includes control flow analysis, unit testing, integration testing, log file analysis, and many more.

Detailed explanation-3: -The terms “bug” and “debugging” are popularly attributed to Admiral Grace Hopper in the 1940s. While she was working on a Mark II computer at Harvard University, her associates discovered a moth stuck in a relay and thereby impeding operation, whereupon she remarked that they were “debugging” the system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Debugging is the process of finding and correcting existing and potential errors (also called bugs) in software code. Bugs can cause software code to behave unexpectedly or crash.

There is 1 question to complete.