CS5031 in 1998/1999

Session timetable	Activity & Handouts	Extra information
C1 - lec1	Introduction (postscript) [exercise+answers]
C2 - lec2	Lexical analysis (postscript) [exercise+answers]	example run of lex calculator
C3 - lab1	Lex practical	flex manual hints: strings and comments ANSI C: characters, pre-processing, syntax
C4 - lec3	Syntactic analysis (postscript) [exercise+answers]	example run of yacc calculator
C5 - lab2	Yacc practical	byacc manual, including %left etc. & examples Answers: (a) multiple expressions 1: c & results 2,3,5: data & results 4 6,7 (b)
C6 - lec4	Semantic analysis (postscript) [exercise+answers]	example of dictionary
C7 - lab3	Code generation practical
C8 - lec5	Generated Code (postscript) [exercise+answers]
C9 - lec6	Generated Code (postscript) [exercise+answers]
C10 - lec7	Phases & Passes, Review

Here are 2 more handouts, that I will be using in all my lectures, but mainly in the first and last.: phases of compilation (postscript) and a larger example C program (postscript)

Assessment
2nd week
timetable
1997 deadline for both parts was 12/Dec, which would be equivalent to 11/Dec in 1998 25% Compiler:
Lex, Yacc and C practical
if you require help mail pjj@cs.man.ac.uk hints: grammar, strings and comments, bonus work
Get the basic exercise (worth 70%) marked as soon as you have completed it - preferably by the end of the week. I am happy to mark any bonus work separately.
25% Operating Systems:
written report
January Exam
(18th-29th 1999) 50% Answer 3 questions from 4 in 2 hours 2 questions on Operating Systems
In 1997, these were similar to those set in 1996.
2 questions on Compilers
The 1996 compiler questions are only partly relevant owing to syllabus changes. The 1997 & 1998 questions are in this form:
A question about using lex and yacc (and a dictionary or parse trees or similar) to recognise a simple grammar - similar to the lab exercises & examples sheets.
A question about compiler phases and code generation - e.g. describe what happens in the phases, give ARM code for some C, etc.
Here are the 1997 questions and answers and marking scheme.

Assessment
2nd week timetable 1997 deadline for both parts was 12/Dec, which would be equivalent to 11/Dec in 1998	25%	Compiler: Lex, Yacc and C practical if you require help mail pjj@cs.man.ac.uk	hints: grammar, strings and comments, bonus work Get the basic exercise (worth 70%) marked as soon as you have completed it - preferably by the end of the week. I am happy to mark any bonus work separately.
	25%	Operating Systems: written report
January Exam (18th-29th 1999)	50%	Answer 3 questions from 4 in 2 hours	2 questions on Operating Systems In 1997, these were similar to those set in 1996. 2 questions on Compilers The 1996 compiler questions are only partly relevant owing to syllabus changes. The 1997 & 1998 questions are in this form: A question about using lex and yacc (and a dictionary or parse trees or similar) to recognise a simple grammar - similar to the lab exercises & examples sheets. A question about compiler phases and code generation - e.g. describe what happens in the phases, give ARM code for some C, etc. Here are the 1997 questions and answers and marking scheme.