UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Computer Science 4720
COMPILER DESIGN
January 2026
CS4720 Student Project
Total: TBA%

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Deadlines

  1. Preliminary Report, Monday, February 24, 2026
  2. Starting with April 2026 , 2026.

Topics

  1. Option 1:
    Read and prepare a presentation from the textbook.
    1. Chapter 6 or 7.
    2. Repeat instructions 1 and 2 for Chapter 8.
  2. Option 2:
    Read and prepare a presentation from other sources (other textbooks, published papers, web -- applications, tools, computing standards).
    Examples: New grammar types, special parsers, new parsing algorithms, interesting properties of context-free grammars, other tools for compiling, other format representations for compiler compilers, software tools.
  3. Option 3:
    A hot subject of your choice related to \textbf{\em modern} compiler design.

Requirements

  1. Prepare a 25 minute presentation for one of the selected topics (30 marks option 1/60 marks otion 2 or 3)
  2. Submit a 1-2 page summary of your presentation which highlights the main points covered in your talk. (10 marks)
  3. Presentation (30 marks).

Textbook topics


  1. Chapter 6
    1. Intermediate Code Generation
    2. Sec. 6.6 Control Flow (Case Statements)
    3. Sec 6.7 Backpatching and Procedure Calls
  2. Chapter 7 Run-Time Environments %(Friday, March 30th)
    1. Sec 7.3 Access to Non-local Names \& Parameter Passing
  • Chapter 8 Code Generation
    1. Sec 8.2-8.3 Target Language and Addresses in the Target Code
    2. Sec 8.4 Basic Blocks and Flow Graphs
    3. Sec 8.5 Optimization of Basic Blocks
    4. Sec 8.6-8.7 Code Generator and Peephole Optimization
    • Presentation and Summary Page (25%)
    Presentation (due date is )

    A 20 (twenty) to maximum 30 (thirty) minute classroom presentation.

    Prepare a one-page summary, , for distributions to classmates.(5 marks)


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