StanfordOnline: SOE.YCSCS1 Compilers

Other Project Resources

A list of other resources that you might find helpful:

• C++ and UNIX:
  • Thomas Anderson's Quick Introduction to C++ may be useful if you know C but are not familiar with all of the C++ subset we use in the programming projects.
  • A more thorough guide to using the version of Gnu C++ installed on our Linux machines is here.
  • Quick guide to UNIX development tools (one of the many useful documents available in Nick Parlante's ever-growing CS library)

• Help with the gdb debugger:
  • GNU's online gdb users guide
  • Printable quick reference: gdbref.ps
  • A GDB article that Julie Zelenski wrote a few years ago for a programming journal: GDB breakpoint tricks
  
  

• References on lex & yacc:
  Lex is the original lexical scanner developed by Lesk and Schmidt; Paxson's improved version is flex. Similarly, yacc is Johnson and Sethi's original parser; bison is the GNU-equivalent written by Corbett and Stallman. Both are designed to be upward-compatible with the original while adding extensions and improvements.
  • Original documentation by the authors of the tools themselves. These papers are quite readable and serve as an excellent introduction for familiarizing yourself with the tools.
    • Lesk and Schmidt on lex
    • Johnson on yacc
  • Man pages are available from command line, e.g., man lex. We've also put up browsable versions of the Solaris man pages for lex, flex, yacc, and bison.
  • GNU's online documentation (full manuals, long, but very complete)
    • flex
    • bison
  • The lex & yacc page from Combo.org.
  • An article from the Linux Journal singing the praises of lex & yacc.

• References on JLex and Java_cup:
  
  • Manual for JLex, Java CUP.
  • JLex.
  • Java CUP.
  • Cool Trees (Start with class TreeNode).

• References on MIPS & SPIM:
  
  • A PDF version of the SPIM Manual (appendix from Hennessy & Patterson's architecture book)
  • The SPIM home page (downloadable versions, more docs).

Just for fun:

• A list of funny error messages from the old MPW C compiler.
• A translator for Latin to Perl (and you thought there was no practical use for what you learned in 143!)