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Compilers: Theory and Practice (Udacity)

Offered by Georgia Institute of Technology, Udacity,
Compilers: Theory and Practice (Udacity)

The objective of this course is to learn the theory and practice behind building automatic translators (compilers) for higher level programming languages and to engineer and build key phases of a compiler in Java or C++ for a small language.

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Take this course if you need to develop the skills necessary to work on create compilers and similar tools for modern operating systems and devices.

What You Will Learn

Lesson 1
Front End

  • Compiler Phases
  • Scanners & Parsers
  • Semantic Analysis

Lesson 2
Middle End

  • Syntax Directed Translation
  • Control Structures and Back-patching
  • Function and Procedure Calls & Runtime Organization

Lesson 3
Back-end

  • Register Allocation & Instruction Selection
  • Code layout and Code Generation
  • Brief Introduction to Code Optimization

Prerequisites and Requirements
Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms, good programming skills and ability to write sizeable software in Java or C++. Should be able to work in Linux environment.

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