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Machine language cannot be used for operational semantics:
The reason for the machine languages not be used to define statements in operational semantics are listed below:
- The machine language code are so small and too lengthy that execution of such language and then making resulting changes are small ones but huge in number. Handling changes related with a
programming language construct is really difficult. - Handling the storage part of a computer...
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- Semantics may be classified into a number of different types, each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages.arrow_forwardThere is a significant conceptual divide between operational and denotational semantics that must be understood.arrow_forwardSeveral different categories of semantics exist, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.arrow_forward
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