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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Mathematical and Computing Science
Instructor(s)
Minamide Yasuhiko 
Class Format
Lecture    (ZOOM)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue5-6(W834)  Fri5-6(W834)  
Group
-
Course number
MCS.T334
Credits
2
Academic year
2020
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
2020/9/18
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. In order to deepen understanding of concepts and theory, students do programing assignments on compilers by using the programming language Scala.

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, register allocation, 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 interpreter, compiler, bytecode compiler
Class 2 Aunatomata and exical analysis token, regular expression, NFA, DFA
Class 3 Review on context-free grammars derivation, parse tree, CYK algorithm
Class 4 Parsing(1): predictive parsing Recursive descent parsing, LL(1)
Class 5 Parsing(2): basic LR parsing LR(0)
Class 6 Parsing(3): extensions of LR parsing SLR, LR(1)
Class 7 Type systems　and type checking Type systems, polymorphism, subtyping, type checking
Class 8 Test level of understanding Test level of understanding
Class 9 Semantics of programming languages and interpreter evaluation strategy, operational semantics, interpreter
Class 10 Code generation(1): overview, assembly language assembly language, X86-64, calling convention
Class 11 Code generation(2): intermediate language, translation to intermediate language and assembly language 3 address code, translation to intermediate language and assembly language
Class 12 Liveness analysis and register allocation data flow analysis, live variables, interference graph, graph coloring
Class 13 Register allocation and code generation Precolored nodes, coalesce
Class 14 Garbage collection mark and swap collection, copying collection

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

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 reports and programming.

Related courses

  • MCS.T224 ： Programming I
  • MCS.T303 ： Programming II
  • MCS.T214 ： Theory of Automata and Languages
  • MCS.T233 ： Computer Systems

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

Students require the knowledge of automata， context-free grammars, and assembly languages.
Students require to be able to write programs in Scala.

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