COMP442/6421 - winter 2014

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	H-544	Paquet, Joey	paquet@cse.concordia.ca
office hours	-—J---	11:00-13:00	EV-3-221	Paquet, Joey
lab hours NI	M------	20:30-22:20	H-854	Laleh, Touraj	t_laleh@encs.concordia.ca
lab hours NJ	M------	15:45-17:30	H-854	Laleh, Touraj

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics/material
week 1	jan 6		introduction
week 2	jan 13	project assignment #1 (lexical analyzer) (handout)	lexical analysis
week 3	jan 20		syntax analysis: introduction
week 4	jan 27	project assignment 1 due project assignment #2 (syntactic analyzer) (handout)	top-down parsing I
week 5	feb 3		top-down parsing II
week 6	feb 10		bottom-up parsing I
mid-term break	feb 17-23
week 7	feb 24	project assignment 2 due project assignment #3 (symbol table creation)(handout)	bottom-up parsing II
week 8	mar 3		syntax-directed translation I
week 9	mar 10		syntax-directed translation II
week 10	mar 17		code generation I
week 11	mar 24	project assignment 3 due project assignment #4 (code generation) (handout)	code generation II
week 12	mar 31		review
	apr 7	elections day (no lecture)
week 13	apr 14-15	project assignment 4 due final project demonstrations schedule final project demonstrations grading scheme
examination week	apr 16 - may 6	final examination: May 5th 2014, 19h-22h, H441 (confirmed)

Course Material and Resources

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