Course Description

Course Learning Objectives: This course (18CS61) will enable students to:

1. Define System Software.

2. Familiarize with source file, object file and executable file structures and libraries

3. Describe the front-end and back-end phases of compiler and their importance to students

Course Outcomes: The student will be able to :

1. Explain system software

2. Design and develop lexical analyzers, parsers and code generators

3. Utilize lex and yacc tools for implementing different concepts of system software

System software - System software is a type of computer program that is designed to run a computer's hardware and application programs. If we think of the computer system as a layered model, the system software is the interface between the hardware and user applications. The operating system is the best-known example of system software.

Compiler - A compiler is a special program that translates a programming language's source code into machine code, bytecode or another programming language. The source code is typically written in a high-level, human-readable language such as Java or C++.

TEXT BOOKS

Download Text books by using below links.

Text Book -1 : System Software by Leland. L. Beck, D Manjula, 3rd edition, 2012

Text Book-2 : Alfred V Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman , Compilers-Principles, Techniques and Tools, Pearson, 2nd edition, 2007

Text Book-3 : Doug Brown, John Levine, Tony Mason, lex & yacc, O'Reilly Media, October 2012.