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A compiler tutorial scaled for the programming languages course

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 38, Issue 1

Pages 32 - 36

https://doi.org/10.1145/1124706.1121354

Published: 03 March 2006 Publication History

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This paper describes the structure of two, self-paced, language-translation tutorials that integrate nicely into a principles-based undergraduate programming languages course, thus bringing material normally covered in a compiler course down into the context of a traditional programming languages course. The primary goal of the tutorials is to provide students with useful models for programming language principles as well as a very basic introduction to compiling techniques, including tokenizing, parsing, static semantic checking, and code generation. The paper also exposes a pedagogic technique of repeated exposure that drives the success of these tutorials.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 38, Issue 1

March 2006

553 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1124706

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SIGCSE '06: Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2006
612 pages
ISBN:1595932593
DOI:10.1145/1121341
Program Chairs:
Doug Baldwin
SUNY Geneseo
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Paul Tymann
Rochester Institute of Technology
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Susan Haller
SUNY Potsdam
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Ingrid Russell
University of Hartford

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