Chapter 17
Programming Tools
The Architecture of Computer Hardware
and Systems Software:
An Information Technology Approach
3rd Edition, Irv Englander
John Wiley and Sons 2003
Programming Tools Overview
 Editors
 Assemblers
 Debuggers
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Compilers
Linkers
Loaders
Interpreters
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
combine several of the above programming tools
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The Program Translation Process
 Terms,
terms, and
more terms!
Source
Translator
Object
Linker
Loader
Executable
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Visual Basic IDE
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Program Text Editors
 Word processors format the appearance of the text
 Text editors
 Format the spacing between words for legibility
 Ideal for structured languages
 Text is the same font size
 Examples
 DOS – Edit
 Windows – Notepad, Wordpad
 Unix / Linux – ed, vi, emacs
 IDEs
 MS Visual C++, Symantec Visual Cafe
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Programming Language
Categories
 Machine Language
 Binary coded instructions
 Assembly Language
 Symbolic coded instructions
 Procedural Languages
 procedural statements or arithmetic notation
 Four-generation Languages
 Natural language and nonprocedural statements
 Object-oriented Languages
 Combination of objects and procedures
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Assembly Language
 When to use
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When speed or size of program is critical
Hybrid approach
Hardware Drivers
Can use specialized instructions
 Disadvantages
 Inherently machine specific
 Architectures may become obsolete
 Lack of programming structure
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Assemblers
 Binary code = machine code
 Hex code
 Assembly Language
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Mnemonic names  op codes
Labels  memory addresses
Comments
Symbol table
Operations table
Memory Relocation
 Cross Assembler
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What Does This Program Do?
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STO 99
IN
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IN
STO 97
SUB 98
BRP 10
LDA 98
BR 11
LDA 97
STO 96
SUB 99
BRP 16
LDA 96
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LDA 96
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Chapter 17 Programming Tools
;input three numbers and save
;subtract number in 98 from that in 97
;number in 97 larger
;number in 98 larger, restore 98
;restore 97
;store larger of (97, 98) in 96
;subtract number in 99 from larger
;number in 96 larger
;number in 99 larger, restore 99
;restore 96
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LMC Program in Java
 Use instructions in a more understandable
language
static int max (int x[])
{
for (i=1; i<=3; i++)
x[i] = input.getint();
max_int = x[1];
for (i=2; i<=3; i++)
if (x[I] > max_int)
max_int = x[I];
System.output.println(max_int);
}
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Procedural Languages
 COBOL
 Wordy but easier to maintain
 FORTRAN
 Scientists and engineers
 BASIC
 Pascal
 Highly structured teaching language
 C
 high-level commands and low-level access to
hardware
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Object-Oriented Languages
 SmallTalk
 C++
 Java
 Based on C++
 Platform independent
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Compilers
 Translates high-level language into lowlevel instructions
 High-level language: Source code
 Machine-level: Object code
 Changes, including bug fixes, require
recompiling
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Language Components
 Lexicon
 All legal words in the language
 Meaning and type
 Syntax
 grammar rules
 Semantics
 meaning of command
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Computer Language Descriptions
 Narrative
 Syntax (Railroad) Diagrams
 BNF
 Backus-Naur Form
 Context-Free Grammar
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Railroad Diagram Examples
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Typical BNF Rules for Java
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Parsed English Sentence
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The Compilation Process
Checks for
errors
Updates
internal
tables
Generates CPU
instructions or
library calls
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Process of Parsing
 Lexical analysis
 Also known as scanning
 Divides the string of input characters into
single elements, tokens, based on strict
computer punctuation
 Syntactic analysis
 Checks for errors in grammar rules
 Semantic parsing
 Determines the meaning of the string
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Source Code Instructions
 Data declarations:
 Data type such as floating point, integer
 Data operations
 Instructions that update or compute data value
(lots of moving around!)
 Control Structures
 Branches, Goto (yetch!), If-then-else, loops such
as While-do and Repeat-until
 Function, procedure, or subroutine calls
 Receives control via a call instruction, receives
and possibly modifies parameters, and returns
control to the instruction after the call
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Recursive Descent Parsing
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Optimization
 Compiler analyzes code in order to
 Reduce amount of code
 Eliminate repeated operations
 Reorganize parts of of the program to execute
faster and more efficiently
 Use computer resources more effectively
 Example
 Move a calculation repeated within the body of a
loop that does not use any value modified by the
loop
 Different compilers can produce different
results!
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Linking
Object file
Object
file or object
module
Linker
Executable
file
C library
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Linkers
 Searches program libraries to find library
routines used by the program
 Library: collection of pre-written functions and
subroutines made available to perform commonly
required activities
 Determines the memory locations that code
from each module will occupy and relocates
instructions by adjusting absolute references
 Resolves references among files
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Why Link?
 Construct single executable program from
multiple object code files compiled at different
times
 Program can be subdivided into components
and parceled out to different developers
 Example
 Main program and multiple subroutines written
and compiled by different programmers at different
times
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Loader
 Loads binary files that have been linked
into main memory
 Program is ready for execution
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Interpreters
 Translates source code instructions into
machine language and executes it one
statement at a time
 Disadvantages
 Longer to execute, particularly bad for loops
 Uses more memory
 Advantage
 Faster testing and code modification
 Examples of interpreted languages
 Java, BASIC, LISP
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Interpreter vs. Compiler
Resources during execution
Interpreter
Compiler
Interpreter/compiler
Yes
No
Source code
Partial
No
Executable code
Yes
Yes
Translation operations
Yes
No
Library linking
Yes
No
Application program
Yes
Yes
Contents in memory
CPU cycles
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Debuggers
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Assembly language debuggers
Source code debuggers
Step through programs
Check variable values
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