CS143 Archive

This page contains archived versions of the Stanford CS143 (Compilers) webpage in the quarters I've taught it. All internal links should be valid, though external links may no longer be functional.

2011-2012 Academic Year

Summer 2012

View the Summer 2012 CS143 website.

This second iteration of CS143 built beautifully off of the first. In the interim since last time, I have taught three other courses, and many of my experiences doing so informed my presentation of the compilers topics.

Total students enrolled: 27
Lecture Topics:
- Week 1: Intro to Compilers, Scanning, Introduction to Parsing
- Week 2: Top-Down Parsing, Bottom-up Parsing
- Week 3: Bottom-up Parsing, Earley Parsing
- Week 4: Semantic Analysis: Scope Checking, Type Checking
- Week 5: Runtime Environments
- Week 6: Objects, IR Generation, IR Optimization
- Week 7: Global Optimization, Register Allocation
- Week 8: Garbage Collection, Code Optimization

2010-2011 Academic Year

Summer 2011

View the Summer 2011 CS143 website.

What a wonderful quarter! This was the first time I'd taught CS143, and was the first upper-level course I have had the pleasure of teaching. The quarter was jam-packed with cool concepts, and I was extremely impressed with some of the creations my students came up with.

Total students enrolled: 62
Lecture Topics:
- Week 1: Intro to Compilers, Scanning, Introduction to Parsing
- Week 2: Top-Down Parsing, Bottom-up Parsing
- Week 3: Bottom-up Parsing, Earley Parsing
- Week 4: Semantic Analysis: Scope Checking, Type Checking
- Week 5: Runtime Environments
- Week 6: Objects, IR Generation, IR Optimization
- Week 7: Global Optimization, Register Allocation
- Week 8: Garbage Collection, Code Optimization