| Course Description |
This course covers the design and implementation of translator-oriented
systems software, especially compilers. Topics covered include
lexical analysis, parsing, and syntax-directed
code generation.
This class has a significant programming component.
This paper
discusses some of the reasons (there are more than one might think) why
Compiler Design matters in a Computer Science education.
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Prerequisites
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CSc 345, CSc 352; CSc 372 is recommended.
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Meeting Times and Places:
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This course is available in traditional lecture format, meeting twice
a week. It is also available for on-line registration. There is an
honors section that meets for an additional hour each week that is
available to traditional in-person student who are members of the
Honors Program. The choices are:
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Traditional Lecture section: Students who attend in-person
register for C SC453 Section 001, meeting
MW 9:00-10:15 AM
in Gould-Simpson 906.
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Honors section: In-person students registered in the Honors
section (Section 002, C SC453H) attend the same in-person
lectures as Section 001. In addition, C SC453H (Section 002)
meets M 2:00-2:50, in Gould-Simpson 942.
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On-line section: On-line students register through the
Outreach College for C SC453 Section 910. To register, contact
the Outreach College at
outreachcollege.arizona.edu.
In addition to the regular lectures, there is a discussion section
that meets Fri 9:00-9:50am in Gould-Simpson 906.
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The discussion
section on Fri Aug 27 (only) will be held in
Gould-Simpson 813.
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| Textbook: |
None. |
| Instructor |
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Saumya K. Debray
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| Email: |
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| Office: |
Gould-Simpson 735; phone: 621-4527 |
| Office Hours: |
| Tue 9:30-11:00am and 1:00-2:30pm; |
| Thu 9:30-11am; |
| Thu 9:00-10:30am; or |
| by appointment |
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| Teaching Assistant |
Sam Martin
Office: Gound-Simpson 710
Phone: TBA
Office Hours:
Tue 1:00-2:00pm
Wed 2:45pm-4:45pm
Thu 10:30am-1:30pm
Fri 10:00am-2:00pm
or by appointment
Email: smartin336 at cs dot arizona dot edu
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| General Information |
Policies
Syllabus
Documentation and Tutorials
Lecture materials
Important Dates
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| Project |
General information
C-- language spec
Assignments
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Communication
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Announcements (and, more generally, communications) outside class hours
will be made through the class mailing list,
cs453fall10; details, including instructions on
how to subscribe, are given here.
You have to explicitly subscribe to this list to get the mailings,
and it is your responsibility to do so. Failure to subscribe to the
mailing list, or to read its postings in a timely manner, are not
acceptable reasons for
failing to meet any announced changes to specifications or deadlines.
Note that we will not be using the newsgroup
cs.course453.
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