Resource Materials

Compiler Tools
Examples
flex+bison
SableCC
Full Compilers
Go; GoLite
Previous Years

2019 Contest Winners


GoLite Co-Winners and Peephole Winners

Julian Lore, David Lougheed, and Allan Wang

GoLite Co-Winners

Jason Pizzuco, Aidon Lebar, and Sandrine Monfourny-Daigneault


Announcements and Schedule

Announcements

Office Hours (MC 226/234)

If you cannot make any of these times, contact us for an appointment
  • Alex: Monday/Wednesday 9:30-10:30
  • TAs: By appointment

Schedule

Week 1 (Jan 7-11)
Topics:
Readings:
  • Crafting a Compiler: Chapters 1, 2 and 3
  • Students without COMP 330: Learn the basics of regular expressions/languages and context-free languages. A good online resource can be found here
Milestones:
  • Start to form groups (3 people per group recommended)
Week 2 (Jan 14-18)
Topics:
Readings:
  • Crafting a Compiler (recommended):
    • Chapter 4.1-4.4
    • Chapter 5.1-5.2
    • Chapter 6.1-6.2; 6.4
  • Crafting a Compiler (optional):
    • Chapter 4.5
    • Chapter 5.3-5.9
    • Chapter 6.3; 6.5
Milestones:
  • Continue forming your groups
  • Learn the basics of flex/bison or SableCC
  • Assignment 1 posted. Due: Saturday, January 26th
Week 3 (Jan 21-25)
Topics:
Readings:
  • Crafting a Compiler: Chapter 7
Milestones:
  • Add/Drop deadline: Tuesday, January 22nd
  • Assignment 1 Due: Saturday, January 26th
Week 4 (Jan 28-Feb 1)
Topics:
Readings:
  • Crafting a Compiler: Chapter 8.1-8.9
Milestones:
  • Assignment 2 posted. Due: Sunday, February 10th
Week 5 (Feb 4-8)
Topics:
Readings:
  • Crafting a Compiler: Chapter 10.1-10.2
Milestones:
  • Assignment 2 Due: Sunday, February 10th
Week 6 (Feb 11-15)
Topics:
Readings:
Milestones:
  • Milestone 1 posted. Due: Saturday, March 2nd
Week 7 (Feb 18-22)
Topics:
  • {Bite}Code Generation (continued)
  • Midterm Review  (updated Feb 21)
Week 8 (Feb 25-Mar 1)
Topics:
Milestones:
  • No class Monday
  • Midterm: February 26th from 6:00-7:30 PM in MC 103/321
  • Milestone 1 Due: Saturday, March 2nd
  • Milestone 2 posted. Due: Sunday, March 17th
  • Peephole posted. Due: Friday, April 12th
Readings:
  • Cheat Sheet: JVM
  • Crafting a Compiler: Chapter 13.6
Reading Week Mar 4-Mar 8
(No Class)
Week 9 (Mar 11-15)
Topics:
Readings:
  • Crafting a Compiler: Chapter 12.4
Milestones:
  • Milestone 2 Due: Sunday, March 17th
Week 10 (Mar 18-22)
Topics:
Milestones:
  • Milestone 3 posted. Due: Wednesday, March 27th
  • Milestone 4 posted. Due: Wednesday, April 10th
  • Final report posted. Due: Wednesday, April 10th
Week 11 (Mar 25-29)
Topics:
  • Native Code Generation (continued)
  • WebAssembly  (updated Mar 31)
Milestones:
  • Milestone 3 Due: Wednesday, March 27th
Week 12 (Apr 1-5)
Topics:
  • GPUs  (updated Apr 16)
Week 13 (Apr 8-12)
Topics:
Milestones:
  • Milestone 4 Due: Wednesday, April 10th
  • Final Report/Compiler Due: Friday, April 12th
  • Peephole Due: Friday, April 12th
Resources: