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Build a Compiler within 30 Days

Section 1: Preliminaries

Day 1: Language Introduction

• Programming language history
• Programming language classification
• Some popular languages: C/C++, Java, Python, Assemble Language
• Lab. 1: language comparison

Day 2: Compiler Introduction

• Compiler definition
• Typical architecture of a compiler
• How does compiler work
• Lab. 2: GCC running and observation

Section 2: Front End

Day 3: Language Specification

• Syntax rules specification : CFG
• Language Specification: take C for example

Day 4: Scanner Implementation

• Lexeme recognization : DFM, NFM
• Lex introduction
• Lab. 3 : lex

Day 5: Parser Implementation

• Program parsing: top-down
• lab. 4: parser implementation

Day 6: Parser Implementation 2

• Program parsing: bottom-up
• lab. 5: Yacc implementation

Day 7: ANTLR

• ANTLR introduction
• Scanner & parser generation

Day 8: Parsing Tree & AST

• Parsing tree generation based on ANTLR output
• AST introduction
• Parsing Tree to AST transformation
• Lab : AST generation

Day 9: Symbol Table

• Symbol table introduction
• Symbol table generation
• Lab : symbol table generation

Day 10: Semantic Analysis 1

• Type checking
• examples
• lab

Day 11: Semantic Analysis 2

• Scope checking
• examples
• lab

Section 3: Back End

Day 12: IR 1

• IR introduction
• LLVM IR
• Java BC
• IR definition

Day 13: IR 2

• IR generation

Day 14: Target Code Generation 1

• Assemble file format
• Processor Emulator
• Manual code generation

Day 15: Target Code Generation 2

• Register allocation algorithm
• Simple implementation

Day 16: Target Code Generation 3

• Instruction Selection

Day 17: Target Code Generation 4

• Calling Convention
• Code generation

Section 4: Runtime System

Day 18: Introduction

• GCC/LLVM introduction
• Python VM introduction
• Java VM introduction

Day 19: I/O Implementation

Day 20: Memory Management

Day 21: Exception Handling

Section 5: Optimization

Day 22: Optimization Introduction

Day 23: Control Flow Analysis 1

Day 24: Control Flow Analysis 2

Day 25: Data Flow Analysis 1

Day 26: Data Flow Analysis 2

Day 27: Constant Folding

Day 28: Dead Assignment Elimination

Day 29: Loop Optimization 1

Day 30: Loop Optimization 2