Note: This document represents only the first part of the first chapter of the
course. Please note that the content covered in this document is only a
portion of the full course material. In order to fully understand the concepts
presented in this course, you will need to review additional materials and
complete the exercises provided.
I estimate that it will take 2-4 days to fully understand the content covered
in this document and to complete the associated exercises. We encourage
you to take your time and to reach out to your instructors or peers if you
have any questions or concerns.
Thank you for your dedication to this course, and we look forward to
exploring the exciting world of language design with you.
The outline of the course :
● Introduction to Language Design
1. Overview of the course
2. Why study language design?
3. Historical background of language design
● Syntax and Semantics
1. Definition of syntax and semantics
2. Context-free grammars
3. Abstract syntax trees
4. Semantic analysis
5. Type checking and type inference
● Language Paradigms
1. Imperative programming
2. Functional programming
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, 3. Object-oriented programming
4. Comparison of language paradigms
● Language Implementation
1. Parsing techniques
Lexical analysis
2. Syntax analysis
3. Semantic analysis
4. Intermediate code generation
5. Code optimization
6. Code generation
● Designing and Implementing a Programming Language
1. Steps involved in designing a programming language
2. Implementing a compiler for a simple language
3. Debugging and testing a compiler
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