The Decaf Compiler Projects
Student Information and Resource Page

• PP1 is now available, deadline is 09/14/09 11:59pm, good luck
• PP2 is now available, deadline is 09/27/09 11:59pm, good luck
• PP3/4 is now available, deadline pp3 10/7/09 11:59pm, deadline pp4 10/18/09 11:59pm
• PP5 is now available, deadline is 11/05/09 11:59pm, good luck
• PP6 is now available, deadline is 11/29/09 11:59, good luck

• Overview - The Decaf Programming Language
• PP1 - Lexical Analysis
• Starter Files (tgz)
• PP2 - Syntax Analysis
• Starter Files (tgz)
• PP3/4 - Semantic Analysis
• Starter Files (tgz)
• PP4 Sample Files (tgz)
• PP4 Solution dcc (linux)
• PP5 - Code Generation
• Starter Files (tgz)
• SPIM Files
• SPIM manual
• PP6-ADVANCED - Advanced Optimization - Register Allocation + Data flow
• Starter Files (tgz)

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Project Newsgroup - groups.google.com/group/cpsc434
• Ask a Peer - read the course collaboration policy first
• Contact the TA - Maikel Pennings, HRBB 419A, pennings@cs.tamu.edu

• GNU tools used the projects
  • Flex - a lex compatible scanner
    • Flex documentation by Vern Paxson
  
  
  • Bison - a yacc compatible parser
    • Bison Documentation by Charles Donnelly and Richard Stallman
  
  
  • Make - controls the generation of executables from the program's source files
  
  
  • Emacs - If you don't already know a UNIX editor, this is a good one
  • A quick tutorial
  
  
  • GDB - the gnu debugger, knowing how to use this well will save countless hours
    • A good beginner's tutorial
    • The GNU manual


• Unix Help
  • A Brief Unix Tutorial
  • Unix Command Reference


• Programming Language References
  • Websites
    • A basic tutorial for C
    • A good introduction to C++
    • C++ Standard Template Library (STL) - a quick tutorial and reference to the library
  
  
  • Recommended Books
    • C by Dissection - Kelley and Pohl
    • The C++ Programming Language - Stroustrup
    • STL Tutorial and Reference Guide - Musser, Derge, and Saini


• SPIM - a simulator for the MIPS architecture
  • The SPIM Manual - Appendix from Hennessy & Patterson's architecture book
  
  

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