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Languages and translators [INGI2132]
[30h+30h exercises] 5 credits

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This course is not taught in 2006-2007

This course is taught in the 2nd semester

Teacher(s):

Baudouin Le Charlier (coord.), Peter Van Roy

Language:

French

Level:

Second cycle

>> Aims
>> Main themes
>> Content and teaching methods
>> Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
>> Other credits in programs

Aims

- To understand and explain in a practical way the structure of compilers dealing with algorithmic languages

- To design and implement a compiler for a practical language which solves a interesting problem

- To show the interest of compiling techniques in problem resolving

- To carry individually a project of reduced size through

Main themes

- Methods to analyze context-free languages, upstream and downstream methods

- Generators of lexical analyzers and parsers

- Statistical semantics and attributed grammars

- Methods to translate a source code in a target code, and generation of target code

Content and teaching methods

see "Main themes"

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

- Prerequisites
(1) SINF1122 would be an advantage
(2) good knowledge of Java

- References
Recommended readings
(1) N. Wirth , "Compiler Construction" , Addison-Wesley , 1996, 0-201-40353-6.
(2) Robin Hunter, "The design and construction of compilers" , Wiley, 1981.
(3) A. V. Aho, R. Sethi, and J. D. Ullman, "Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools" , Addison-Wesley , 1986.
(4) A. V. Aho, R. Sethi, and J. D. Ullman, "Compilateurs: principes, techniques et outils" , InterEditions, 1989.
(5) R. Wilhelm and D. Maurer, "Compiler Design" , Addison-Wesley , 1995.

- Organization
A project should be performed individually

Other credits in programs

MATH22/G

Deuxième licence en sciences mathématiques

(5 credits)



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