We will cover:
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Lexing and parsing; LALR parser generators.
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Abstract syntax trees; operations on trees; compiler as
sequence of phases operating on abstract syntax trees.
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Static Analysis; data flow and control flow analyses; type checking.
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Code generation; java bytecode.
As homeworks, we will be doing some of the labs from the text.
These use java, eclipse and some other tools:
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ant (comes with eclipse)
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flex (a scanner generator, similar to lex)
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cup (an LALR parser generator, similar to yacc)
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jasmin (an assembler for java virtual machine language)
If you prefer not to use eclipse, you can install apache ant and run ant directly from the command line.
