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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Mathematical and Computing Science
Instructor(s)
Minamide Yasuhiko  Masuhara Hidehiko  Wakita Ken 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon7-8(W834)  Thr7-8(W834)  
Group
-
Course number
MCS.T334
Credits
2
Academic year
2016
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2017/1/11
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course introduces the fundamental concepts on programming languages, and explain how programs are executed on computers and how a compiler works.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Explain how programs are executed on computers.
2. Explain, for each component of a compiler, what it is for, how it works, and what algorithms it uses.
3. Implement an interpreter and a compiler for simple programming languages.

Keywords

interpreter, compiler, parsing, code generation, virtual machine, garbage collection

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Students learn theories and techniques through lectures and obtain programming skills through programming exercises.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Overview: how is a program executed: interpreters and compilers Understand　how a program is executed
Class 2 Lexical analysis: token, regular expression, NFA, DFA Understand the theory for lexical analysis
Class 3 Lexical analysis: programming Understand how lexical analysis is implemented
Class 4 Parsing(1): context-free grammar, BNF, predictive parsing Understand predictive parsing
Class 5 Parsing(2): basic LR parsing Understand basic LR parsing
Class 6 Parsing(3): extensions of LR parsing Understand extensions of LR parsing
Class 7 Parsing: programming Implement a parser
Class 8 Test level of understanding on parsing with exercise problems and overview of the second part of the course Test level of understanding on parsing
Class 9 Virtual machine Understand the execution of a program by using virtual machines
Class 10 Garbage collection Understand algorithms for garbage collection
Class 11 Virtual machine and garbage collection: programming Touch an implementation of a virtual machine with garbage collection
Class 12 Code generation(1): overview, assembly language Understand the basics of code generation
Class 13 Code generation(2): optimization Understand the standard optimization techniques
Class 14 Code generation(3): live variable analysis, register allocation Know some advanced topics on code generation
Class 15 Code generation: programming Implement a code generator

Textbook(s)

None required

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Course materials are provided during class.

The following is reference books related to this course.
Modern Compiler Implementation in Java，　Andrew W. Appel．
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman

Assessment criteria and methods

Assessment is based on the score of exercises and reports on programming.

Related courses

  • MCS.T224 ： Programming I
  • MCS.T303 ： Programming II
  • MCS.T214 ： Theory of Automata and Languages

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Students require the knowledge of automata and context-free grammars.

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