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• An important course in computer science and software engineering that describes the theory, techniques and practice of programming language implementation.
• References:
  • K.C. Louden, Compiler Construction: Principles and Practice, PWS, 1997. (In bookshop?)
  • A.W. Appel, Modern Compiler Implementation in Java, 2nd Edition, CUP, 2002. Other editions use C and ML.
  • A.V. Aho, M.S. Lam, R. Sethi and J.D. Ullman, Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2006.
  • D.A. Watt, and D.F. Brown, Programming Languages Processors in Java: Compilers and Interpreters, Prentice Hall, 2000.
  • W.M. Waite and L.R. Carter, An Introduction to Compiler Construction, Harper Collins, 1993.
  • H. Abelson and G.J. Sussman, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Second Edition, MIT Press, 1996.
  • R. Topor and H. Sondergaard, Notes on Compilation, University of Melbourne, 1993.
• Web site: http://www.cit.gu.ed.au/teaching/3156ICT/
• Prerequisites: 1108CIT ICSN, 2105CIT P3, 2134CIT PPL
• Instructors: Rodney Topor
• Schedule: See schedule.shtml
• Lectures: Wednesdays from 1pm to 3pm (N250.06)
• Tutorials: Fridays at 10am (place TBA)
• Running example: Tiny language, Tiny compiler, TM machine from Louden's text
• Another running example: Scheme interpreter
• Case studies: GCC, JVM, ...
• Assessment:
  • One individual programming assignment, 30%. One pair programming assignment, 30%. (The course has a strong programming emphasis.)
  • One end-of-semester examination, 40%.
  • Must pass the two assignments overall and the final examination to pass the course.
  • Plagiarism will be detected and severely penalised
• Discussion forum at learning@griffith.

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Last modified: $Date: 2007/02/28 02:28:04 $, by Rodney Topor