COL728: Compiler Design

Sem II, 2023-24

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Lecture schedule

Week	Material
1	Videos: Evolution of Compilers Compilation is partial evaluation of the Interpreter Introduction to Optimizations Outline of a Compiler Introduction to Lexical Analysis Notes: Introduction to Interpreters, Compilers, and Programming Languages Lexical Analysis Examples and Regular Languages
2	Videos: Regular Expressions Lexical Analysis High Level Algorithm DFA and NFA Software Implementation of DFA and NFA Regular Expression to NFA Context Free Grammar CFG Examples Notes: Formal Languages and Lexical Specifications Context free languages and Derivations, Error handling, ASTs
3	Videos: Derivation Tree and Order Ambiguity in CFG Error Handling Abstract Syntax Tree Recrusive Descent Parsing Introduction Notes: Context free languages and Derivations, Error handling, ASTs Recursive Descent Parsing Parser generators vs. handwritten parsers (2021 survey)
4	Videos: Recursive Descnt Parsing Algorithm Left Recursion Predictive Parsing LL1 Parsing Constructing First Sets Notes: Recursive Descent Parsing (contd.) Bottom up Parsing Optional reading: Discussion on Overflow on hand-written vs. automated parsers Optional reading: Blog post on parsing tools
5	Videos: Constructing Follow Sets Construct LL1 Parsing Table Introduction to Bottom-up Parsing Shift Reduce Parsing Handles Viable Prefixes Structure of Viable Prefixes NFA for recognizing viable prefixes LR0 Algorithm SLR Implementation SLR Examples Notes: Bottom up Parsing (contd.)
6	Videos: Module 34 : Semantic Analysis, Introduction to Scope Module 35 : Semantic Analysis as Recursive Descent over AST Module 36 : Types Module 37 : Type Formalism Module 38 : Soundness of a Typesystem Module 39 : More Type Rules Module 40 : Type Environments Module 41 : Type Environment and Symbol Table Module 42 : Typing Methods Module 43 : Typechecker Implementation Module 44 : Static vs Dynamic Types Module 45 : Recovering from Type Errors Notes: Semantic Analysis
7	Videos: Module 46 : Runtime Organization Notes: Runtime Organization Introduction to Code Generation
8	Notes: Code Generation Code Generation for Objects Optional reading: The return of the frame pointers
9	Minor exam
10	Language Semantics (contd.)
11	Intermediate Language Optimization Overview Local Optimization
12	Dataflow analysis Global constant propagation
13	Global constant propagation (contd.) Register allocation
14	Phase Ordering Problem

Lecture Videos Playlist (Embedded)