CS 60042: Advances in Compiler Construction

 Course Contents:

  Phase I: Course Overview

1. Introduction
2. Issues in Programming Languages (Imperative and OOPL)
3. Runtime Environment
4. Language Processors
5. Bootstrapping: Retargetting and Portability
6. Design Issues in Compiler Construction
7. Compiler Compilers (Compiler Writing Tools)
8. Research Directions

     Phase II: Analysis

9. Lexical Analysis
10. Use and Construction of Lexical Analyzer Tools (lex, Flex etc.)
11. Use of Parser Tools (Yacc, ANTLR etc.)
12. Syntax Analysis and Parser Construction
13. Semantic Analysis

      Phase III: Synthesis

14. CISC, RISC and Stack-based Machines : A Review
15. An Overview of Byte Code & JVM
16. Intermediate Code Generation: P-code & TA-code
17. Target Code Gen: Instruction Selection, Scheduling and Register Allocation
18. Code Improvement

      Phase IV: Compilation for OOPL

19. An Overview of OOPL Features
20. Translating OOPL Features
21. Familiarity with Contemporary Runtime Systems

      Phase V: Students' Term Papers on Code Improvement

22. Term Paper Presentations : Schedule