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Validates the tokens against the grammatical rules of the language. It builds an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) .

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Constant Folding: Evaluating expressions with constant values at compile time.

If you are working through a textbook or a project and hit a wall, here are the standard "fixes" for common compiler hurdles: