2019-2020 Academic Catalog 
    
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2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CSCI 230 - Compiler Design


A continuation of CSCI 180 - Automata Theory . It uses the automata and grammars introduced in CSCI 180  to design translators (compilers) for programming languages. Topics include lexical analysis, top-down parsing, bottom-up parsing, syntax-directed translation, type checking, run-time environment, code generation and an introduction to code optimization. A typical term project is to write a compiler for a simple programming language such as a subset of C or Pascal.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites for this course require a grade of C- or better. CSCI 160  and CSCI 180 .

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered Periodically