[Year 12 SofDev] compiler question

[Mark]

Hi Andrew.  The issue is that the user issues the command ("PIP") to the
program which cannot interpret it, so it crashes.
It's the same as giving any compiler a command it cannot understand - a
syntax error.

The error was not in the code of the program -  so it ran properly - until
it was given a command by the user which it could not decipher, hence the
syntax error in the input.

Cheers
Mark


On 2 September 2013 14:36, Andrew Pate <arp at mentonegrammar.net> wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
> I have purchased the IARTV trial exams and am wondering about one of their
> multi-choice answers.Your help is, as always, appreciated.
>
>
>
> The question asks about a function written which is called “POP”, but
> “when testing his stack Alan accidentally types in PIP and the program
> crashes”.
>
> The multi-choice answers has us choose from runtime error or syntax error.
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>
> They suggest the answer is syntax error (and explain that a name,
> expression etc…that the compiler cannot understand causes a syntax error)
>
>
>
> Now, if the program IS RUNNING and THEN crashes, does that not imply that
> it compiled? Therefore, it is a runtime error (where validation of input
> was not handled) or am I thinking too language specifically?
>
>
>
> Thanks
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