CS 5120

CS 5120

Course information provided by the 2021-2022 Catalog.

An introduction to the specification and implementation of modern compilers. Topics covered include lexical scanning, parsing, type checking, code generation and translation, an introduction to program analysis and optimization, and compile-time and run-time support for modern programming languages. As part of the course, students will build a working compiler for an object-oriented language.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: CS 3110 or permission of instructor, CS 3420 or CS 3410. Corequisite: CS 5121.

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CS 4120

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10456 CS 5120   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to CS MEng students only. All others, including early admits should add themselves to the waitlist during add/drop in January.