Larc: a little architecture for the classroom

  • Authors:
  • Marc L. Corliss;Robert Hendry

  • Affiliations:
  • Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY;Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper introduces the classroom architecture Larc, which was designed specifically for use in an introductory course on computer architecture. The Larc project has many resources including (among other things) a comprehensive, freely-available student manual, a graphical debugger for helping students write machine/assembly programs, and a Java-like compiler for helping students better understand the role of the compiler and its interaction with the machine.