Course                  CSC 436 – Compiler Design

Description           A compiler is a program that takes a source program in one language and translates it into a target language.  This is an introductory course to the theory, design and implementation of compilers.  A typical compiler development includes programming languages, machine architecture, language theory and algorithm and software engineering.
We will cover the following compiler topics, including lexical analysis, Syntax Analysis, Syntax-Directed Translation, Semantic Analysis, Code Generation, and Code optimization techniques. Compiler Generation tools and XML parsers and tools may be covered as time permits.

Prerequisites        CSC 310 and CSC 330

Time & Room      T-Th 4:00pm-5:50pm, Nethken 243

Course URL         www.latech.edu/~box/compiler

Instructor              Dr. Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun

Office                    Nethken 237

Office Hours         M-W-F 8am-10:00am. T-Th 2:00pm-4:00pm or by an appointment

Phone                    257-3291

e-mail                    box@coes.latech.edu

.NET passport      leangsuksun@hotmail.com  (IM, VOIP SIP phone)

Grader              Sonal Dekhan, ssd002@latech.edu

Texts                     Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools,

by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201100886; (January 1986).

In addition to materials from the above main textbook, I’ll provide more references (URL or some books) when we discuss on some particular topics in the programming projects..

Grading Policy      3-4 Programming Projects      40%    

                              3-4 Homework assignments    10%

                              Midterm Examination              20%     Tuesday, January 21

                              Final Examination (comp.)       25%     Thursday, February  27

                              Class Participation                    5%

                              Term Paper (Grad student)       5% (Grad student grading scale is 105/100)

Programming        There will be three programming projects and objective. I will explain

Projects                 more detail for each project and my expectation. Additional references will be provided in the class.