COP5621 Compiler Construction Florida State University

COP 5621Compiler 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

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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

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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 inside-

out.

– 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 - 16%• Final - 24%• Homework/quiz - 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