Course details

Formal Languages and Compilers (in English)

IFJe Acad. year 2021/2022 Winter semester 5 credits

Current academic year

This course discusses formal languages and their models. Based on these models, it explains the construction of compilers. The lectures are organized as follows: (I) Basic notions: formal languages and their models, grammars, automata; compilers. (II) Regular languages and lexical analysis: regular languages and expressions, finite automata, lexical analyzer; symbol table. (III) Context-free languages and syntax analysis: context-free grammars, pushdown automata, deterministic top-down syntax analysis (recursive descent), the essence of deterministic bottom-up syntax analysis. (IV) Semantic analysis and code generation: intermediate code generation, optimization, code generation.

Guarantor

Meduna Alexandr, prof. RNDr., CSc. (DIFS)

Course coordinator

Křivka Zbyněk, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)

Language of instruction

English

Completion

Credit+Examination (written)

Time span

  • 26 hrs lectures
  • 13 hrs exercises
  • 13 hrs projects

Assessment points

  • 55 pts final exam (written part)
  • 20 pts mid-term test (written part)
  • 25 pts projects

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Lecturer

Kövári Adam, Mgr. (DIFS)
Regéciová Dominika, Ing. (DIFS)

Instructor

Kövári Adam, Mgr. (DIFS)
Regéciová Dominika, Ing. (DIFS)

Course Web Pages

Public course pages

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Fundamental familiarity with the theory of formal languages. Ability of a compiler construction.

Learning objectives

Familiarity with formal languages and their models. Grasp of compiler construction.

Recommended prerequisites

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Discrete mathematics.

Study literature

  • Meduna, A.: Automata and Languages. London, Springer, 2000.
  • Kopie přednášek (elektronické i papírové).
  • Parsons, T. W.: Introduction to Compiler Construction. Freeman, New York, 1992.

Syllabus of lectures

  • Basics of formal languages: alphabet, strings, languages.
  • Introduction to compiler design: structure of a compiler.
  • Regular languages and their models: regular expressions, finite automata.
  • Variants of finite automata.
  • Lexical analysis: lexical analyzer, symbol table.
  • Context-free languages and their models: context-free grammars, pushdown automata.
  • Pushdown automata and general parsing.
  • Deterministic top-down syntax analysis: recursive descent.
  • Deterministic bottom-up syntax analysis: simple precedence analysis.
  • Chomsky hierarchy and the corresponding models. Remarks and summary.

Controlled instruction

Midterm. Checking the project solution by the teacher.

Exam prerequisites

To be allowed to take the final exam, the student has to obtain 20 points during the semester; out of these 20 points, at least five points have to be obtained from the project.

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