COMS 4115: Programming Language & Translators, Fall 2023
Description
This class will discuss the principles of design and implementation of compilers. In particular, we will learn about different phases of a compiler including lexical analysis, syntactic and semantic analysis, including type checking, code generation, and optimization. We will also study basic program analysis techniques required to perform compiler optimization.
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Students will learn the materials by building new modules on top of an existing compiler (Clang/LLVM) in their programming assignments.
Details about the course materials can be found here.
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Lecture Details
Instructor: Baishakhi Ray
Class Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday 11:40 am-12:55 pm
Location: CSB 451
Office Hours: Thursday 3pm - 4pm (CEPSR 6LE1)
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Q&A Forum: Ed Discussion
Trivia: FAQ
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Teaching Assistants.
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Marcus Min
Submission Links
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Written Assignments: gradescope (Entry Code will be posted in Coursework)
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Programming Assignments: GitHub classroom (Details will be posted in Coursework)
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Grading
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Programming Assignments: 50%
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Written Assignments: 10%
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Midterm: 20%
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Final: 20%
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Extra Credit: 10%
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Tentative Schedule
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Week 1: Tuesday, September 5th: Trivia. Thursday, September 7th: Intro to Compiler
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Week 2: Tuesday, September 12th: Lexical Analysis Thursday, September 14th: Lexical Analysis (cont..)
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Week 3: Tuesday, September 19th: Lexical Analysis (cont..) Thursday, September 21st: Syntactic Analysis
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Week 4: Tuesday, September 26th: Syntactic Analysis (cont..) Thursday, September 28th: Syntactic Analysis (cont..)
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Week 5: Tuesday, October 3rd: Syntactic Analysis (cont..) Thursday, October 5th: No class
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Week 6: Tuesday, October 10th: Syntactic Analysis (cont..) Thursday, October 12th: Semantic Analysis
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Week 7: Tuesday, October 17th: Midterm Review Thursday, October 19th: Midterm
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Week 8: Tuesday, October 24th: Control-Flow Analysis Thursday, October 26th: Control-Flow Analysis (cont..)
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Week 9: Tuesday, October 31st: Data-Flow Analysis Thursday, October 31st: Runtime Environment
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Week 10: Tuesday, November 7th: No class (Election Day) Thursday, November 9th: Code Generation
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Week 11: Tuesday, November 14th: No class Thursday, November 16th: Code Generation
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Week 12: Tuesday, November 21st: Optimization Thursday, November 23rd: No class (Thanksgiving)
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Week 13: Tuesday, November 28th: Register Allocation Thursday, November 30th: Final Review
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Week 14: Tuesday, December 5th: Guest Lecture. Thursday, December 7th: Final
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Additional Reading Materials:
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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
By Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman.
2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2006
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Research Papers
Distributed by the instructor
Policies:
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Late submissions: No late assignments will be accepted.
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Academic rules of conduct: Students are expected to adhere to the Academic Honesty policy of the Computer Science Department, this policy can be found in full here.
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Violations: Violation of any portion of these policies will result in a penalty to be assessed at the instructor's discretion. This may include receiving a zero grade for the assignment in question and a failing grade for the whole course, even for the first infraction.
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In order to receive disability-related academic accommodations for this course, students must first be registered with their school Disability Services (DS) office. Detailed information is available online for both the Columbia and Barnard registration processes. Refer to the appropriate website for information regarding deadlines, disability documentation requirements, and drop-in hours (Columbia)/intake session (Barnard). Students registered with the Columbia DS office can refer to the Master TARF section of the DS Testing Accommodations page for more information regarding disability-related academic accommodations for this course.