USF COP 4620/6625 (Compilers), Fall 2016
Announcements
Final grades are posted on Canvas.
Course materials
Notes on the Use of Java in This Course
Assignment I, handed out on 8/25 and due on 9/4
Assignment II, handed out on 9/6 and due on 9/18
Assignment III, handed out on 9/20 and due on 10/09
Assignment IV, handed out on 10/11 and due on 10/23
Assignment V, handed out on 10/25 and due on 11/13
Assignment VI, handed out on 11/15 and due on 12/2
Grades
Please use Canvas to check your grades.
Useful Links
The Java Tutorials, particularly the Learning the Java Language tutorial
The Lex & YACC Page (including manuals for Flex and Bison)
Textbook webpage (including errata)
Jison, a tool for building parse tables by Zach Carter (an alumnus of this course)
Schedule (filled in as the semester progresses)
| Week | Dates | Topics | Recommended Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08/23, 08/25 | Introduction; Phases of compilation; DJ; DISM | 1.1-1.7 |
| 2 | 08/30 | Lexical analysis | 2.1, 2.3 |
| 3 | 09/06, 09/08 | Lexical analysis | 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 |
| 4 | 09/13, 09/15 | Syntactic analysis | 3.1-3.4, 5.1-5.2 |
| 5 | 09/20, 09/22 | Syntactic analysis | 4.3.1-4.3.2, 5.3-5.5 |
| 6 | 09/27, 09/29 | Syntactic analysis; Abstract syntax trees | 4.1-4.2, 4.3.3 |
| 7 | 10/04, 10/06 | Test I | Class notes |
| 8 | 10/11, 10/13 | Semantic analysis | Class notes |
| 9 | 10/18, 10/20 | Semantic analysis; Code generation | 7.1 |
| 10 | 10/25, 10/27 | Code generation | 7.3.1, 7.4 |
| 11 | 11/01, 11/03 | Test II | Class notes |
| 12 | 11/08, 11/10 | Code generation; Garbage collection | Class notes |
| 13 | 11/15, 11/17 | Garbage collection; Code optimizations | Class notes |
| 14 | 11/22 | Code optimizations | 8.9 |
| 15 | 11/29 | Code optimizations; Bootstrapping | Reflections on Trusting Trust |
| Final | 12/06 | Test III (Final Exam), 3-5pm | All tests are cumulative |