Teaching compiler code generation: simpler is better

Authors:
William Mahoney;Jay Pedersen
Affiliations:
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska;University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
Venue:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2010

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Abstract

The code generation portion of a compiler is still typically constructed by hand in an ad-hoc manner. When teaching a compiler construction class, the code generation phase can occupy a large portion of a one semester project. To address this, we have created an extremely small instruction set simulator which is easily learned in a short period of time. We've termed this a RRISC (Really Reduced Instruction Set Computer) and have been using it successfully for several years.