CS 622/722 COMPILER DESIGN I
                                           SYLLABUS
                                         SPRING  2003
                        http://www.cis.uab.edu/info/dept/courses/cs622


        Time:         3:30 - 4:45 P.M. Tuesday and Thursday

        Classroom:    CH 145

        Instructor:   Barrett Bryant

        Office:       CH 127

        Textbook:     Aho, Alfred V., Sethi, Ravi, and Ullman, Jeffrey D.,  Compilers:
                      Principles, Techniques, and Tools, Addison-Wesley, 1986.

        Time Table:   Topic                                   Chapter    Lecture
                      -----                                   -------    -------

                      Introduction                            1-2        1
                      Lexical Analysis                        3          2
                      Syntax Analysis                         4          3-7
                      Syntax-Directed Translation             5          8, 10-11
                      Type Checking                           6          12-13
                      Intermediate Code Generation            8          14-17
                      Code Generation                         9          18, 20-21
                      Code Optimization                       10         22-26
                      Advanced Topics                                    27-30

        Note that Tuesday, April 1, and Thursday, April 3,  are  university  holidays.
        There  will be two in-class examinations, on Tuesday, February 4, and Tuesday,
        March 11.  The Final Examination is on Tuesday, April 29,  4:15-6:45 P.M.   In
        addition, there will be a term project to implement a compiler for a small but
        practical programming language.  Finally, there will  be  a  small  number  of
        exercises to support and complement the examinations and term project.

        Grading:      Examination #1                     15%
                      Examination #2                     15%
                      Final Examination                  30%
                      Term Project                       30%
                      Exercises                          10%