A set of tools to teach compiler construction

Authors:
Akim Demaille;Roland Levillain;Benoît Perrot
Affiliations:
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory (LRDE), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France;EPITA Research and Development Laboratory (LRDE), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France;EPITA Research and Development Laboratory (LRDE), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
Venue:
Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Compiler construction is a widely used software engineering exercise, but because most students will not be compiler writers, care must be taken to make it relevant in a core curriculum. Auxiliary tools, such as generators and interpreters, often hinder the learning: students have to fight tool idiosyncrasies, mysterious errors, and other poorly educative issues. We introduce a set of tools especially designed or improved for compiler construction educative projects in C++. We also provide suggestions about new approaches to compiler construction. We draw guidelines from our experience to make tools suitable for education purposes.