COMP442/6421 - winter 2015

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-544	Paquet, Joey	paquet@cse.concordia.ca
office hours	----F--	10:00-12:00	EV-3-221	Paquet, Joey
lab hours NI	M------	20:30-22:20	H-823	Laleh, Touraj	t_laleh@encs.concordia.ca
lab hours NJ	M------	15:45-17:30	H-823	Erfani, Mostafa	m_erfa@encs.concordia.ca

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics/material
week 1	jan 12		introduction
week 2	jan 19	project assignment #1 (lexical analyzer) (handout)	lexical analysis
week 3	jan 26		syntax analysis: introduction
week 4	feb 2	project assignment 1 due project assignment #2 (syntactic analyzer) (handout)	top-down parsing I
week 5	feb 9		top-down parsing II
week 6	feb 16		bottom-up parsing I
mid-term break	feb 23 - mar 1
week 7	mar 2	project assignment 2 due project assignment #3 (symbol table creation)(handout)	bottom-up parsing II
week 8	mar 9		syntax-directed translation I
week 9	mar 16		syntax-directed translation II
week 10	mar 23		code generation I
week 11	mar 30	project assignment 3 due project assignment #4 (code generation) (handout)	code generation II
week 12	apr 6		review
	apr 13	University closed
week 13	apr 14-16	project assignment 4 due final project demonstrations schedule final project demonstrations grading scheme
examination week	apr 17 - may 2	final examination: TBD

Course Material and Resources

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