INTRODUCTION TO COMPILERS

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Three credit -hours. Three hours of lecture per week. This course is an introduction to specifications and implementation of modern compilers. It addresses the techniques involved in source languages analysis and efficient generation of object codes with an emphasis on the components of a compiler. Topics include lexical analysis, parsing, type checking, code generation and translation, optimization, and implementation of modern programming languages. In addition, this course will enable students to test innovative ideas for code optimization and gain background knowledge for developing more robust and efficient programs.