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Language Processing

Code 11567
Year 3
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload PL(30H)/T(30H)
Scientific area Informatics
Entry requirements --
Mode of delivery Face-to-face
Work placements Not applicable
Learning outcomes General Objectives:
This course presents the main stages of the construction of a compiler or a language processor.
Learning outcomes of the Course Unit:
Students will acquire the following skills:
- Designing compilers
- Develop, plan, design and implement language processors under certain lexical and syntactic rules
- Design and implement software in various stages that are related to compilers
- Understand the inner details of programming languages and their compilers.
Syllabus 1. Introduction: the problem, the context, the language processing in computer technology, the architecture of a compiler.
2. Lexical analysis, finite automata, grammars and regular expressions. Processing of regular languages
3. Parsing: pushdown automata, algebraic grammars, descending and ascending analysis.
4. Semantic analysis: attribute grammars, tables of symbols, inference and type checking.
5. Code Generation
Main Bibliography - "Compiladores : Princípios, Técnicas e Ferramentas", 1995;
Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi e Jeffrey D. Ullman;
LTC - Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editora, S.A.;
ISBN: 85- 216- 1057- 2.
- "Processadores de Linguagens. Da concepção à implementação", 1998;
Rui Gustavo Crespo;
IST Press;
ISBN : 972- 8469- 01- 2.
- "Lex & Yacc", 1990;
Tony Manson e Doug Brown;
O’Reilly & Associates;
ISBN : 0- 937175- 49- 8.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2020-05-10

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