Catalog Description: Practical experience in using state-of-the-art computer-aided design tools on high performance workstations. Intended to provide skills needed to rapidly create "little languages" for specific problem domains and familiarize students with automated software development.

Prerequisite: None.

Textbook: None.

References: An Introduction to Compiler Construction, Waite, Harper; Compiler Construction, Waite, Springer-Verlag.

Goals: Become facile with CAD tools that automate the trivial details of translator constructions. Focus on the fundamental concepts in translator design by applying them to a complex translation problem of the student's choice.

Topics:

The model of compilation.
Structuring.
Attribution.
Abstract data types.
Tree transformation.
Project.

Computer Usage:

All work in this class uses the computer. The purpose of the course is to teach the students how to use the computer to automate program development.

Laboratory Projects:

Students design and construct a translator for a language of their own choosing.

ABET Category Content:

Engineering Science: 0 credits or 0%

Engineering Design: 3 credits or 100%