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.
4. Option 4: Design your own language and write the compiler. The language should contain at least 3 type declarations, and minimum 3 types of statements assignment statements, loops, decision statements. Type checking and all erors should be handled by your compiler not by the compiler of your intermediate code.

Requirements

1. Preliminary outline submision link
2. Prepare a 25 minute presentation for one of the selected topics (30 marks option 1/60 marks otion 2 or 3)
3. Submit a 1-2 page summary of your presentation which highlights the main points covered in your talk. (10 marks)
4. 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

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

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

Important notes: