1. COP 5621 Compiler Construction http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~xyuan/cop5621
Instructor: Xin Yuan
Office: 168 Lov Building
Phone: (850)
Office hours: 1:00pm-2:00pm MW, 1:00pm-3:00pm T, or by appointment
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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. Grading Programming project - 50% (5% + 10% + 15% + 20%) Midterm - 16%
Final %
Homework/quiz %
Target letter grade distribution:
half A’s, half B’s.
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6. Academic Integrity Dishonesty 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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7. Accommodation for Disabilities
Register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC).
Bring a letter to me from the SDRC `indicating you need academic accomodations. This should be done within the first week of class
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