COS 400 - Introduction to Compiler Construction

Basic concepts of programming language translation, compiler design and construction. Topics include the compilation process, language definition, lexical analysis, syntax analysis, error detection and recovery, grammars, ompiler design issues, symbol-tables, storage allocation, code generation and machine-independent code improvement. Programming projects illustrate various concepts.

Prerequisites
COS 301 and COS 350 or permission.

Credits: 3