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COMSC 440 - Language Translation and Compiler Design

Prerequisites: COMSC 230  , COMSC 335  , COMSC 420  
Requirement Fulfillment: Major
Note: This course is required for the BS in Computer Science
Examines the design and implementation of compilers as an application of algorithms, data structures, and formal language theory in a software engineering context. The lexical analysis, parsing, code generation, and optimization of programs written in a block-structured language are used to illustrate many concepts from earlier courses. Students implement a translator for a subset of a well-known programming language.

3 credits
Spring


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