CS 423 - Compiler Writing - Fall 2008

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Course Information

Instructor:

• Dr. Lorie Liebrock
  
  
  • Office: Cramer 210B
  • Phone: x6729
  • Email: liebrock
  • Class Email: cs423 (for turning in assignments)
  • Web: http://www.cs.nmt.edu/~liebrock
  • Office Hours:
    • Mon: 8:30 - 9:30 am
    • Wed: 10:45 - 11:30 am
    • By Appointment

Meeting Times:

• Class: 9:30 - 10:45 am, Mon & Wed, Cramer 239
• Lab: 5 - 8 pm, Wed, Cramer 213

Class Schedule:

• Calendar: The class calendar includes project dates and reading assignments.

Teaching Assistant:

• Nico Marrero
  
  
  • Office: Cramer 210
  • E-Mail: nmarrero
  • Office Hours:
  • Tue 12:00-1:00 pm
  • By Appointment
  • Often via email

Textbooks:

• Required:
  • "Engineering a Compiler", 2004, by K. Cooper & L. Torczon
• STRONGLY Recommended:
  • "C - A Reference Manual", 5th edition, by S. Harbison & G. Steele, ISBN: 0-13-089592-X

Additional Material:

• Online references:
  • Manuals for the GNU versions of lex and yacc, flex and bison. Other formats available from the source, GNU.
  • Another link for bison
  • www.CAReferenceManual.com - the online counterpart of the recommended textbook
  • x86 Assembly reference Manuals:
    • Intel Programmer's Reference Manuals (64 and IA-32 - not x86). May be useful, but be careful as it's for IA32, not x86
    • x86 Assembly Guide (from University of Virginia CS Dept). May be useful.
    • x86 instruction set. Should be very useful.

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