Computer Science 654/754: Introduction to Compilers (Spring 2010)

Instructor:	John Tang Boyland (boyland@cs.uwm.edu)
Place:	TBA
Time:	T 5:30-8:15pm
Office Hours:	T 14-15, W 10-11, R 11-12, F 8:30-9:30

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Announcements

spim-7.4 and earlier have a bug when reading strings (IO.in) if the file ends without a newline. spim-8.0 fixes this bug. coolspim has been changed to execute spim out of AFS if possible. ( works only for Solaris 10)
CompSci 754 for Spring 2010 does NOT require CS 654 as a pre-req. In fact it is the same as CS 654.
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Official Course Description

Introduction to Compilers. 3 cr. U/G. Fundamentals of compiler construction for modern programming languages. Syntax analysis, table organization, storage administration, semantic routines and code generation. Prereq: Jr st; CompSci 417(P), and 431(P) .

Textbooks

The required textbook for the course is

Michael Scott. Programming Language Pragmatics. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco. 2nd ed.

I also recommend that one read the classic compilers textbook:

Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman. Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachussetts, 1986.

Copies of these textbooks should be available at UWM bookstore and at Panther bookstore.

Course Handouts

The following handouts are available:

Syllabus in HTML and PDF
Cool2009 manual in PDF.
Cool Tour in HTML and PDF
Module Handouts:
1. Module #1 (PDF)
2. Module #2 (PDF)
Sample midterm questions

#1 #2 #3
HTML HTML HTML

No solution will be posted! But you may come to my office hours to check your answers.

#1	#2	#3
HTML	HTML	HTML

Frequently Asked Questions

We have a list of frequently asked questions with answers available.

Tool Documentation

The following tools have documentation available:

Make in postscript or compressed postscript.
Spim manual in postscript or compressed postscript or PDF.
JFlex in HTML or PDF.
Bison in HTML or postscript or compressed postscript or PDF.

Last modified: January 27, 2010

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