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Are regular and context free languages closed against making them prefix-free?

For a language L we define: $\qquad A(L) = \{ x \in L \mid \text{ no proper prefix of x is in L} \}$ Are regular / context free languages closed under this operation ? For regular languages I ...
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Is this language LL(1) parseable?

I tried to find a simple example for a language that is not parseable with an LL(1) parser. I finally found this language. $$L=\{a^nb^m|n,m\in\mathbb N\land n\ge m\}$$ Is my hypothesis true or is ...
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Pumping lemma: if you can keep pumping, what does this tell you?

Hypothetically, let's say you are using the pumping lemma for either regular or context free languages. Now using either, you come across a case that remains true despite pumping it. In this situation,...
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Is Python a context-free language?

From Wikipedia: Off-side_rule#Implementation, there is a statement: ...This requires that the lexer hold state, namely the current indentation level, and thus can detect changes in indentation ...
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Can a two-stack PDA accept language $a^nb^mc^nd^m$ which is not context-free?

Can a two-stack PDA accept language $L=\{a^nb^mc^nd^m \mid n \geq m\}$, which has no context-free grammar? I don't believe this has a context-free grammar, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
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How to prove {a^(n^2) | n>0} is not context-free?

So I have a language: $$L = \{a^{n^2} \mid n > 0\}$$ I need to prove that this language isn't context-free using the pumping lemma. I have a vague thought process as to how to do the proof but I'...
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Are permutations of context-free languages context-free?

Given a context-free language $L$, define the language $p(L)$ as containing all permutations of strings in $L$ (i.e. all strings in $L$ such that the order of symbols is not important). Is $p(L)$ ...