"Babes-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

Formal languages and compiler design methods
Code
Semes-
ter
Hours: C+S+L
Credits
Type
Section
MIF0003
5
2+1+2
6
compulsory
Informatică
MIF0003
3
2+1+1
5
compulsory
Matematică informatică
Teaching Staff in Charge
Prof. KASA Zoltan, Ph.D.,  kasacs.ubbcluj.ro
Lect. LUPSA Dana,  davramcs.ubbcluj.ro
Aims
Grammars and languages; Chomsky hierarchy; regular grammars, finite automata and the equivalence between them; context-free grammars, push-down automata and their equivalence.
Compiler construction fundamentals: compiling phases, scanning, persing and code generation.
Content
I. Grammars, languages, automata

Regular gramamrs and languages. Finite automata.
Context free grammars and languages. Pushdown automata.
Turing automta
Special grammars - LR(k), LL(k) and precedence grammars

II. Compilers

Genaral problems of compiler contruction
Lexical parsers
Syntactical analyzers - ascendent and descendent methods
Intermediar forms
Code generation and optimization
References
1. A.V. AHO, D.J. ULLMAN - Principles of computer design, Addison-Wesley, 1978.
2. A.V. AHO, D.J. ULLMAN - The theory of parsing, translation and compiling, Prentice-Hall, Engl. Cliffs., N.J., 1972, 1973.
3. D. GRIES - Compiler construction for digital computers,, John Wiley, New York, 1971.
4. SIPSER, M., Introduction to the theory of computation, PWS Pulb. Co., 1997.
5. G. MOLDOVAN, V. CIOBAN, M. LUPEA - Limbaje formale si automate. Culegere de probleme, Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, 1996.,l http://math.ubbcluj.ro/~infodist/alf/INDEX.HTM
6. CSÖRNYEI ZOLTÁN, Bevezetés a fordítóprogramok elméletébe, I, II., ELTE, Budapest, 1996
7. L.D. SERBANATI - Limbaje de programare si compilatoare, Ed. Academiei RSR, 1987.
8. CSÖRNYEI ZOLTÁN, Fordítási algoritmusok, Erdélyi Tankönyvtanács, Kolozsvár, 2000.
9. DEMETROVICS JÁNOS-DENEV, J.-PAVLOV, R., A számítástudomány matematikai alapjai, Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1999.
Assessment
The final grade will reflect the seminar and lab activity and the knowledge obtained by the students.
The final mark will be compute from: 25% lab_mark + 75% exam_mark (icluding semnianr work too).