Clemson University -- CPSC 231 -- Fall 2007 -- Study Guide for Exam 4

Covers remainder of chapter 9 (sections 8-10).

1. Be able to define and discuss these terms:

        bottom-up testing       top-down testing        test driver
        stub

        separate assembly       external references     makefile
        assembler               linker                  loader
        static linking          dynamic linking         shared libraries
        object module           executable              binary
        load module             memory image            symbol table
        interpretation          compilation             forward reference
        command interpreter

        ABI                     caller-save             callee-save


2. Be able to give the advantages of separate compilation/assembly.

3. Be able to explain why a linker might have a two-pass structure.

4. Be able to explain how a linker uses a symbol table.  Distinguish between
   globally-defined ("PUBLIC" in MASM) and use-of-global symbol ("EXTERN").

5. Be able to give the advantages for static linking and the advantages for
   dynamic linking.

6. Be able to draw the compilation model and identify at least four of the
   six translators we have discussed and also give the types/names of files/
   memory contents that each produces.

7. Given a C program and the generated assembly output of a compiler, be able
   to match assembly language statements to the C statement that they implement.

8. Identify at least five components of an ABI specification.