COMP442/6421 winter 2016

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	H-411	Paquet, Joey	paquet@cse.concordia.ca
office hours	--W----	12:00-14:00	EV-3-221	Paquet, Joey
lab hours NN NI	M------	20:30-22:20	H-817	Rabah, Sleiman	s_rabah@encs.concordia.ca
lab hours NN NJ	M------	15:45-17:30	H-843	Laleh, Touraj	t_laleh@encs.concordia.ca
lab hours NN NK	M------	20:30-22:20	H-847	TBA	TBA

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics/material
week 1	jan 11		introduction
week 2	jan 18	project assignment #1 (lexical analyzer) (handout)	lexical analysis
week 3	jan 25		syntax analysis: introduction
week 4	feb 1	project assignment 1 due project assignment #2 (syntactic analyzer) (handout - to be updated)	top-down parsing I
week 5	feb 8		top-down parsing II
week 6	feb 15		bottom-up parsing I
mid-term break	feb 22-28
week 7	feb 29	project assignment 2 due project assignment #3 (symbol table creation)(handout - to be updated)	bottom-up parsing II
week 8	mar 7	[mar 13] last day for withdrawal	syntax-directed translation I
week 9	mar 14		syntax-directed translation II
week 10	mar 21	project assignment #4 (code generation) (handout - to be updated)	code generation I
week 9	mar 28	University closed
week 11	apr 4	project assignment 3 due	code generation II
week 12	apr 11		review
week 13	apr 12-14	project assignment 4 due final project demonstrations schedule final project demonstrations grading scheme (handout - to be updated)
examination week	apr 15 - may 1	final examination: TBA

Course Material and Resources

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