COMP442/6421 - winter 2013

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.

Course Schedule and Contacts

component	day	time	location	instructor	e-mail address	web
lecture NN	M------	17:45-20:15	H621	Paquet, Joey	paquet@cse.concordia.ca
office hours	--—J---	10:30-12:30	EV-3-221	Paquet, Joey
lab hours NI	M------	20:30-22:20	H827	Rabah, Sleiman	s_rabah@encs.concordia.ca	[1]
lab hours NJ	M------	15:45-17:30	H827	Laleh, Touraj	t_laleh@encs.concordia.ca

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics/material
week 1	jan 7		introduction
week 2	jan 14	project assignment #1 (lexical analyzer) (handout)	lexical analysis
week 3	jan 21		syntax analysis: introduction
week 4	jan 28	project assignment 1 due project assignment #2 (syntactic analyzer) (handout)	top-down parsing I
week 5	feb 4		top-down parsing II
week 6	feb 11		bottom-up parsing I
mid-term break	feb 18-24
week 7	feb 25	project assignment 2 due project assignment #3 (symbol table creation) (handout)	bottom-up parsing II
week 8	mar 4		syntax-directed translation I
week 9	mar 11		syntax-directed translation II
week 10	mar 18		code generation I
week 11	mar 25	project assignment 3 due project assignment #4 (code generation) (handout)	code generation II
week 12	apr 8		review
week 13	apr 15-17	project assignment 4 due final project demonstrations schedule final project demonstrations grading scheme
examination week	apr 12-29	final examination - Monday, April 29th 2013 19h00-22h00, H429

Course Material and Resources

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