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Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following context-free grammar:
value
;
expr
;
term
;
: 'IF' expr 'THEN' expr 'ELSE' expr
| 'IF' expr 'THEN' expr
| expr
: expr '+' term
| term
: 'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'd' I 'e'
Ignoring whitespaces, draw a parse tree for
IF a THEN b + c + d ELSE e
The grammar has several undesirable features-what are they? Illustrate them
by examples as necessary, and explain why they are problematic.
What could be done to overcome the problems in the previous question?
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