CS410P/510 Programming Language Compilation Winter 2024

Instructor: Andrew Tolmach

• Email: tolmach@pdx.edu
• Office Hours: by appointment, on zoom or in person (send email)"

Course Information

• Syllabus
• Slack channel Note: the first time you use this link, it will take you to the general page for the pdx-cs workspace; you need to sign in to access the specific course channel.

Exams

• The midterm and final are closed-book, closed-notes, except that one 8.5"x11" single-sided sheet of handwritten notes is permitted.
• No computing devices (laptops, tablets, cell phones, etc.) may be used.
• The midterm will be held in class on Feb. 13th.
• The midterm will cover topic up through Chapter 5, including the homework due (and discussed) up through Feb. 6.
• Practice midterm with solutions.
• Midterm with solutions.
• The final exam will be held in our usual classroom during the official exam slot on Mar. 19th, from 5:30 to 7:20pm. (Note that this is later than the usual class time).
• The final may include questions over the entire course, but will focus on material from Chapter 6-8, including the homework due starting Feb 15, and including all lectures from Feb. 6 onward.
• Practice final with solutions.
• Additional practice exam questions based on lecture material not explicitly covered by the book.

Textbook

• Most of the course will be based on the on-line textbook by Jeremy Siek, "Essentials of Compilation: An Incremental Approach in Python." Here is the latest version of this book.

Homework

• Homeworks will be due weekly at noon on Tuesdays.
• Homeworks will be issued and submitted via GitHub Classroom.
  • Details to appear shortly.
  • Make sure that you have a working GitHub account.
  • Using SSH keys to communicate with GitHub is highly recommended.

Schedule

Resources