COMP442/6421 - winter 2017

Course Description

COMP 442/6421 - Compiler Design (4 credits)

Prerequisites (COMP442): COMP 228 or SOEN 228 or COEN 311; COMP 335; COMP 352 or COEN 352
Prerequisites (COMP6421): COMP 5201, 5361, 5511.

Compiler organization and implementation. Programming language constructs, their syntax and semantics. Syntax directed translation, code optimization. Run-time organization of programming languages. Project. Lectures: three hours per week. Laboratory: two hours per week.

Course Schedule and Contacts

component	day	time	location	instructor	e-mail address	web
lecture NN	M------	17:45-20:15	MB 5.215	Paquet, Joey	paquet@cse.concordia.ca
office hours	--W----	10:00-12:00	EV 3.221	Paquet, Joey
lab hours NI	M------	20:30-22:20	TBD	TBD
lab hours NJ	M------	15:45-17:30	TBD	TBD

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics/material
week 1	jan 9		introduction
week 2	jan 16	project assignment #1 (lexical analyzer) (handout)	lexical analysis
week 3	jan 23		syntax analysis: introduction
week 4	jan 30	project assignment 1 due project assignment #2 (syntactic analyzer) (handout)	top-down parsing I
week 5	feb 6		top-down parsing II
week 6	feb 13		bottom-up parsing I
mid-term break	feb 20 - feb 26
week 7	feb 27	project assignment 2 due project assignment #3 (symbol table creation)(handout)	bottom-up parsing II
week 8	mar 6		syntax-directed translation I
week 9	mar 13	[mar 19] deadline for withdrawal	syntax-directed translation II
week 10	mar 20	project assignment 3 due project assignment #4 (code generation) (handout)	code generation I
week 11	mar 27		code generation II
week 12	apr 3	review
week 13	apr 10-13	project assignment 4 due final project demonstrations
examination week	apr 20 - apr 26	final examination: TBD

Course Material and Resources

• Course outline
• ENCS Electronic Student Submission System
• Moon processor simulator: code, documentation, libraries, examples