1. Advanced Compiler Techniques
Course Project Introduction
LIU Xianhua
School of EECS, Peking University

2. About Programming Assignment
Goal
To give you experience building and evaluating systems in order to help you to prepare to build and evaluate novel systems you create.
Assignments
four programming assignments.
encourage to work in groups of two on all assignments.
Pair Programming is recommended.
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3. “Advanced Compiler Techniques”
Assignment
Lab1: Translation
Lab2: Dataflow and optimization
Lab3: SSA and optimization
Lab4: TBD (optional, extra 10% credit)
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4. “Advanced Compiler Techniques”
Other Choices
GCC
LLVM
Soot compiler
Joeq
SUIF
JikesRVM
Eclipse
MIT-Flex
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5. “Advanced Compiler Techniques”
Using LLVM
Visit
Download & Install LLVM
Writing an LLVM Pass
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6. “Advanced Compiler Techniques”
Using GCC
Visit
Download and Install GCC （5.x）
GCC Online Documentation
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7. “Advanced Compiler Techniques”
Using Soot
Soot main page:
Soot download page:
Soot tutorials:
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8. “Advanced Compiler Techniques”
Schedule
Lab
Due Date
Report
Lab 1&2
Dec 10, 2014
>3-page report
Lab 3
Dec 24, 2014
>2-page report
Lab 4
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9. “Advanced Compiler Techniques”
Ethics
Your code is like your boyfriend or girlfriend
It's okay to talk about it on an abstract, high level
But you don't want to go into the specific details
and you certainly don't want to share
——Pascal Van Hentenryck
Computer Science Professor, Brown University, 1997
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