MO403/MC900

Warnings about the course:

• it will be taught in English

• it requires lots of programming work

Goals:

• Basic concepts about the compiling process

• Implementation of a complete compiler for an example language

• Usage of some tools

• Integration of several concepts in one project

• Deeper understanding of some linguistic mechanisms

• Application of some of the techniques and tools in other contexts

• Development of a sizable programming project

Pre-requisits:

• Good programming knowledge and experience with C (or willing to learn)

• Experience with programming tools (editors, make files, frameworks, ...)

• Concepts of programming languages

• Basic concepts of low-level programming: memory, addresses, registers, instructions, simple assembly language

• Data structures (stacks, lists, trees, tables, ...)

• Programming techniques (recursion, modularization, debugging, ...)

• Basic notions about regular expressions and languages (desirable)

• Basic notions about context-free grammars and languages (desirable)

Important dates (tentative):

• First class: Thursday, 17 September 2020, 14:00

• Final project due: 15 January 2021 (extended until 25 January 2021)

Rules:

• The project is strictly individual

• No written tests

• Any attempts to cheat on the project imply a failing grade and possibly other administrative sanctions

• Any transgressions of the University or Institute rules regarding usage of computational facilities imply a failing grade and possibly other administrative sanctions