At the end of this course...

Apply the principles in the theory of computation to the various stages in the design of compilers;

Explain the stages involved in the translation process;

Analyze problems related to the stages in the translation process;

Design a compiler for a simple programming language; and

Implement a compiler based on its design.

Schedule - January

January 18 - Meetup

January 25 - No Classes (Faculty Workshop)

Schedule - February

February 1 - Lecture 1

February 8 - No Classes. (Chinese New Year)

February 15 - Lecture 2

February 22 - Lecture 3

February 29 - Lecture 4

Schedule - March

March 7 - Lecture 5

March 14 - Lecture 6

March 21 - No Classes. (Holy Week)

March 28 - Lecture 7

Schedule - April

April 4 - Lecture 8

April 11 - Lecture 9

April 18 - Lecture 10

April 25 - Lecture 11 (Last day of classes for CMSC 129, post initial updated grades

Schedule - May

May 2 - No Classes (Labor Day)

May 9 - No Meetup (Possible trip)

May 16 - No Classes (Last day of submission of project and checking of grades)

Topics

Brief introduction of Designing Compilers - Structure of Compiler

• Language Processors
• Lexical Analysis
• Syntax Analysis
• Semantic Analysis
• Intermediate Code Generation
• Symbol table Management

Topics

Creation of Grammars - Syntax Definition

• Definition of Grammars - CFG
• Notation Conventions
• Ambiguity
• Verifying Language created by Grammars
• Regular expressions

Topics

Lexical Analysis

• Role of Lexical Analyzer
• Input Buffering
• Finite Automata
• Creation of lexemes

Topics

Syntax Analysis

• Role of the Syntax Parser
• Error reporting and recovery
• Top-down parsing

Topics

Syntax Directed Translation

• Syntax directed Definition
• Syntax tree
• Post-fix translation schemes

Topics

Symbol Tables and Intermediate Code generation

• Three-Address Code
• Translation of Expressions
• Control Flow

Grading System - Getting a Line of 1

• 1.0 - All exercises done and working, project working with documentation
• 1.25 - All exercises done and working, project has minor errors with documentation
• 1.50 - All exercises done and working, project has minor errors
• 1.75 - All exercises done and working, project has major errors with documentation

Grading System - Getting a Line of 2

• 2.0 - All exercises done and working, project has major errors
• 2.25 - All exercises done and working, project was incomplete (at least 50% complete or up to creation of syntax tree)
• 2.5 - All exercises done and working
• 2.75 - All exercises done but 25% are not working or has some errors

Grading System - Just getting by...

• 3.0
  • All exercises done but 50% are not working or has some errors… or
  • 75% submitted exercises done and working

Grading System - Why would you even try to not complete the course?

• INC - Did not meet the requirements above

Grading System - Notes to live by...

• If all exercises were submitted but 25% are not working but did the project, -0.25
• If 75% of exercises were submitted but all are working and did the project, -0.5
• If 75% of exercises were submitted but some are not working but still did the project, -0.75
• If no exercises were submitted or submitted all but all are not working and still has project, -1.0
• If after the grade subtraction, grade is < 3.0 then grade is INC