I. C has many statements for decisions and loops, while MIPS has few. Which of the following do or do not explain this imbalance? Why?

1. More decision statements make code easier to read and understand.

2. Fewer decision statements simplify the task of the underlying layer that is responsible for execution.

3. More decision statements mean fewer lines of code, which generally reduces coding time.

4. More decision statements mean fewer lines of code, which generally results in the execution of fewer operations.

II. Why does C provide two sets of operators for AND (& and &&) and two sets of operators for OR (| and ||), while MIPS doesn’t?

1. Logical operations AND and OR implement & and |, while conditional branches implement && and ||.

2. The previous statement has it backwards: && and || correspond to logical operations, while & and | map to conditional branches.

3. They are redundant and mean the same thing:

&& and || are simply inherited from the programming language B, the predecessor of C.