COP 5621
Compiler Construction
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~xyuan/cop5621
Instructor: Xin Yuan
Email: xyuan@cs.fsu.edu
Office: 168 Lov Building
Phone: (850)644-9133
Office hours: 1:00pm-2:00pm MW, 1:00pm-3:00pm T, or by
appointment
COP5621 Compiler Construction
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Syllabus
• Lexical analysis: regular expression, finite automata,
lex
• Syntax analysis: grammars, top-down, bottom-up, and
LR parsers, yacc
• Syntax-directed translation
• Semantic analysis: type checking
• Run-time environment: Storage allocation strategies,
Parameter passing
• Intermediate code generation
COP5621 Compiler Construction
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Pre-requisites
• COP4020 – programming languages or equivalent
• Will need to develop a compiler in this class
– You will know all techniques in the compiler front-end insideout.
– About 5000 lines of code (C/C++).
• Need to know C/C++ well.
• Need to know either SPARC or x86 assembly: you will generate
the executables for one of these architectures.
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Projects, assignment, and exams
• One project, four phases (through-out the semester)
• One midterm and one final
• Random homeworks and quizzes
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Grading
• Programming project
- 50%
(5% + 10% + 15% + 20%)
• Midterm
• Final
• Homework/quiz
- 16%
- 24%
- 10%
•Target letter grade distribution:
• half A’s, half B’s.
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• Academic Integrity
– No copying from anywhere
– Don’t ask others for solutions and don’t give solutions to
others.
– Automated (software) plagiarism detection tools will be
used in this course.
• Dishonesty
– First violation: 0 for the particular assignment/exam and
the lowering of one letter (A->B) for course final grade.
– Second violation: F for the second violation.
– Explanations will be directed to the university Honor Court
judges and will not be listened by the Instructor.
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• Accommodation for Disabilities
1.Register with and provide documentation to the
Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC).
2.Bring a letter to me from the SDRC `indicating you
need academic accomodations. This should be done
within the first week of class
COP5621 Compiler Construction
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