uibk_703602-Compiler-Construction/slides/intro_slides.md

% Compiler Construction
% Alex Hirsch
% 3 March 2020

# This ProSeminar

## Curriculum

> […] development of a compiler for a simple procedural programming language

## Prerequisites

- This is a master's course!
- Brain

If you struggle too much, do this course at a later time.
You can unregister until the end of April.

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- Fluent in C (or C++, or Go, or Rust, or Haskell)
    - General programmer mindset
    - Knowing your tools

- Algorithms and data structures
    - Graphs + traversal

- Operating systems
    - Utilising your software stack

- Assembly (preferably x86)

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- Software development
    - Version control system
    - Build systems
    - Testing

- Project management
    - Organisation
    - Team communication

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- Formal languages and automata theory
    - Grammars + transformations
    - Lexer / parser

## Ultimate Goal

- Building a compiler
    - Specification provided
    - Evaluation scheme provided

## In the Lab

- QA sessions
- I'll be present for questions
- You can work on your compiler

## Requirements

- Working compiler
- More positive than negative QA sessions

## Recommended Schedule

- March: lexer / parser
- April: semantic checks, start IR generation
- May: finish IR generation, start ASM generation
- June: finish ASM generation, CFG generation, polish

## Submissions

- End of June: build test submission (optional)
- Mid of July: final submission (no extensions)

## Teams

- 1–3 people
- May span across PS groups
- Send me your team composition via mail within March

## Further Details

- See course material

<https://git.uibk.ac.at/c7031162/703602-Compiler-Construction>