1. Discuss the pros and cons of ignoring or requiring “white space” (i.e., blanks, end-of-lines, and tabs) when recognizing tokens. 2. Many programming languages (like C) do not allow nested comments....

1. Discuss the pros and cons of ignoring or requiring “white space” (i.e., blanks, end-of-lines, and tabs) when recognizing tokens.

2. Many programming languages (like C) do not allow nested comments. Why is this requirement made? Modula-2 and a few other languages do allow nested comments. Why is this useful?