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Fifteen compilers in fifteen days

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Jeremy D. Frens,

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 38, Issue 1

Pages 92 - 96

https://doi.org/10.1145/1124706.1121372

Published: 03 March 2006 Publication History

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Traditional approaches to semester-long projects in compiler courses force students to implement the early stages of a compiler in depth; since many students fall behind, they have little opportunity to implement the back end. Consequently, students have a deep knowledge of early material and no knowledge of latter material. We propose an approach based on incremental development and test-driven development; this approach solves the emphasis problem, provides experience with useful tools, and allows for such a course to be taught in a three or four weeks.

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Rayside DJalote PBriand LHoek A(2014)A compiler project with learning progressionsCompanion Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Software Engineering10.1145/2591062.2591168(392-399)Online publication date: 31-May-2014
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Kats LVermaas RVisser E(2011)Integrated language definition testingACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/2076021.204808046:10(139-154)Online publication date: 22-Oct-2011
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Fifteen compilers in fifteen days
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2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 38, Issue 1

March 2006

553 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1124706

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SIGCSE '06: Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2006
612 pages
ISBN:1595932593
DOI:10.1145/1121341
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SUNY Geneseo
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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SUNY Potsdam
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University of Hartford

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