UCLA Computer Science 132, Spring 2011.
Compiler Construction

Course objective: Provide a thorough elementary coverage of compiler theory and design, using a careful balance between basic principles and specific techniques.

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Instructor: Paul Eggert, Boelter 4532J. Office hours are Mondays 11:55–12:55 and Tuesdays 10:30–11:30.

Teaching assistant:

• Assistant: Keith Stevens <kstevens@cs.ucla.edu>. Office hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays 13:30–14:30 in Boelter 2432.

Lecture, 4 hours; discussion, 2 hours; outside study, 6 hours.

Prerequisites: Computer Science 32, 35L, 131, 181.

Compiler structure; lexical and syntactic analysis; semantic analysis and code generation; theory of parsing. Letter grading.

Related Computer Science Curriculum 2008 (CS2008) bodies of knowledge:

• PL/VirtualMachines
• PL/BasicLanguageTranslation
• PL/LanguageTranslationSystems

Related IEEE/ACM Software Engineering 2004 (SE2004) bodies of knowledge:

• CMP.ct.7 State-based and table driven construction techniques
• CMP.ct.9 Grammar-based input processing (parsing)
• FND.mf.7 Finite State Machines, regular expressions
• FND.mf.8 Grammars