NOMENCLATURE

ABBREVIATIONS

JVM             Java Virtual Machine
OOP            Object Oriented Programming
CFG            Context Free Grammar
RDP             Recursive Descent Parsing
JLS               Java Language Specification
CAN            Contextually Ambiguous Names
AIF              Ambiguous Inherited Fields
MIF              Multiply Inherited Fields
VME            Virtual Machine Errors
FQN             Fully Qualified Names
API               Application Programming Interfaces
WWW          World Wide Web
LAN              Local Area Network
Internet           Network of Computers connected in the WWW.
internet           Any set of interconnected computers.

DEFINITIONS

Procedural Programming
            Procedural programming is defined as “Programming paradigm characterized by the use large sections of linear code. Very little structure is evident in the code itself. Flow charts are usually required to understand the program logic”. It is the simplest programming paradigm, useful to bring order in the maze of algorithms available to solve a particular problem numerically. Supported by all modern programming languages by facilities for passing arguments to and returning values from functions. This is the elementary condition of programming rather than a method of choice.

OOP
            Object-oriented programming is a technique for programming–a paradigm for writing ‘‘good’’ programs for a set of problems. This style of programming supports the object concepts such as Data Abstraction, Inheritance, Encapsulation, Data Hiding, etc. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is different from procedural programming languages (C, Pascal, etc.) in several ways. Everything in OOP is grouped as "objects". OOP, defined in the purest sense, is implemented by sending messages to objects.

Object
            An object can be considered a "thing" that can perform a set of activities. The set of activities that the object performs defines the object's behavior. The object's interface consists of a set of commands, each command performing a specific action. An object asks another object to perform an action by sending it a message. The requesting (sending) object is referred to as sender and the receiving object is referred to as receiver. Control is given to the receiving object until it completes the command; control then returns to the sending object.

Language Specification
            Language Specification is defined as “The Art of generating a language by
                1.    Selecting an appropriate character set.    
                2.    Defining the phrase structure with a context-free grammar (BNF, EBNF) or syntax diagrams.
                3.    Defining the tokens using a context-free grammar.
                4.    Defining the contextual constraints. (Scope Rules & Type Rules )
                5.    Defining the semantics of the language.”

Binary Compatibility
            Binary Compatibility is defined as “The ability of a file (any form of output of a compiler) to generate the same execution in different environments or operating systems.” In Java, Binary Compatibility is accomplished by generation of a class file. This class file runs on Java Virtual Machine irrespective of the Operating system.

Virtual Machine
            Virtual Machine is “any non-physical construct that runs within the confines of another real (physical) or virtual machine”. For example, an operating system is a type of virtual machine that runs on a computer's BIOS software, which runs on a physical computer. Any piece of software that runs on an operating system (or within the confines of another piece of software) can also be considered a virtual machine. The term and idea of a virtual machine has been used by Sun Microsystems in its description of a program launched by a browser that will run Java programs. Virtual machine also describes specific programs that mimic a computer within a computer, or a simulation of a physical device represented by computer software.

Compiler Designer
        Compiler Designer is defined as “The programmer using the Language Specification and develops a compiler which validates the input programs based on the specification standards and generates the output as specified in the standard”.

Compiler User
            Compiler user is defined as “The programmer who uses the compiler (developed by the compiler designer) and develops system and application programs”. Compiler user could be considered as the end user in the compiler generation. Majority of the programming community belong to this category.

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