School of Computing

Module details

This module will probably not be available in the academic year 2010-11.

CO524 Programming Language Technology (15 credits)

Syllabus

  • Abstract syntax trees.
  • Regular expressions and finite state machines.
  • Context-free grammars, parsing techniques, lexical analyser and parser generators.
  • Interpretation vs. compilation.
  • Abstract stack machines, run time organisation.
  • Contextual analysis, especially type checking.
  • Code generation.

Note

This web page provides advance information about a module due to run in the coming academic year. We believe the details are accurate at the time of writing but they may be subject to change.

School of Computing, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF

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Last Updated: 23/03/2010 12:10