ICE™ and ICE/T™: tools to assist in compiler design and implementation

Authors:
Truman Parks Boyer;Mohsen Chitsaz
Affiliations:
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland;Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland
Venue:
Working group reports from ITiCSE on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2004

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Abstract

ICE (Intermediate Code Engine) and ICE/T (ICE/Translator) are compiler back ends that execute on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). They allow the student to complete a working compiler quickly and can execute on any platform that supplies a JVM. ICE is a quadruple interpreter that executes ICE code directly, and includes an assembler, which a builder can use to side-step most symbol management issues. ICE/T is a translator that accepts ICE assembly code as input, and generates an equivalent Java class file as output. This paper advocates the use of these tools in compiler implementation courses.