GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 Q23: Which is NOT an intermediate representation

In the context of compilers, which of the following is/are NOT an intermediate representation of the source program?

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Answer: D (official GATE 2021 final answer key)

Concept used: An intermediate representation encodes the program itself; the symbol table only stores information about names.

First step: Ask of each one whether the program's computation could be reconstructed from it.

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Source: official GATE 2021 Set 2 CS question paper and final answer key, organised by IIT Bombay. Question paper · Answer key