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Which of the following is typically NOT a task performed by the compiler during the token generation phase?

  1. IDENTIFYING KEYWORDS AND IDENTIFIERS
     
  2. CHECKING IF AN EXPRESSION HAS BALANCED PARENTHESES
     
  3. ENTERING IDENTIFIERS INTO THE SYMBOL TABLE
     
  4. STRIPPING OUT COMMENTS AND WHITESPACE

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Token Generation is a implemented by a finite automaton, with regular expression, and they do not have the power to match parens.
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