Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course

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Post by macrolocal » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 4:14 AM UTC

Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course
cs.cornell.edu

Re: Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course

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Post by ofalkaed » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 4:22 AM UTC

>This page lists the curriculum for following this course at the university of your imagination, for four imagination credits (ungraded).

Seems rather ridiculous of Cornell to dictate terms for the University of My Imagination (UMI), if an imaginary professor at UMI wants to grade my work I think they should be allowed to do so and even grant me an imaginary degree if they feel I have earned it. Guess it is true, universities do stifle creativity.

Re: Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course

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Post by avinassh » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 6:36 AM UTC

Are there equivalent 'Advanced Databases: The Self-Guided Online Course'?

Andy Pavlo's CMU 15-721: Advanced Database Systems is similar, where you will hack on Postgres to implement a Foreign Data Wrapper (FDW)

Re: Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course

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Post by happytiger » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 6:40 AM UTC

When am I going to be able to do self-paced for credit courses from good schools online without the crazy price tag?

Re: Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course

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Post by jws » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 6:40 AM UTC

I went through part of this while working on some liveness analysis. The lecturer and the notes do a good job of conveying ideas.

Well worth using as a resource.

Re: Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course

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Post by satvikpendem » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 6:53 AM UTC

Are there any courses on creating a new language, interpreter, and compiler from scratch? Like not using LLVM or similar to generate intermediate representation but to literally pick an ISA and, well, compile for it.

Re: Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course

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Post by bgar » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 6:58 AM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #6

Are there any courses on creating a new language, interpreter, and compiler from scratch? Like not using LLVM or similar to generate intermediate representation but to literally pick an ISA and, well, compile for it.

Check out https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047760/essentials-of-compila...

Author has made complete draft PDFs for both the Racket and Python versions available here. https://wphomes.soic.indiana.edu/jsiek/

Re: Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course

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Post by cinntaile » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 6:59 AM UTC

happytiger wrote: post #4

When am I going to be able to do self-paced for credit courses from good schools online without the crazy price tag?

An important component of credit courses is the time limitness so this seems unlikely to happen.

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Post by mrkeen » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 7:01 AM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #6

Are there any courses on creating a new language, interpreter, and compiler from scratch? Like not using LLVM or similar to generate intermediate representation but to literally pick an ISA and, well, compile for it.

Have a look at https://keleshev.com/compiling-to-assembly-from-scratch/

Re: Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course

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Post by _the_inflator » Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 7:04 AM UTC

bgar wrote: post #7

satvikpendem wrote: post #6

Are there any courses on creating a new language, interpreter, and compiler from scratch? Like not using LLVM or similar to generate intermediate representation but to literally pick an ISA and, well, compile for it.

Check out https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047760/essentials-of-compila... Author has made complete draft PDFs for both the Racket and Python versions available here. https://wphomes.soic.indiana.edu/jsiek/

Thanks, highly appreciated.

I tend to be biased towards what Jeremy Siek himself markets as "Proven in the classroom" when it comes to book authors in CS. Many book authors lack this experience and simply write for themselves, which is ok, but can result in bad didactics. Good teachers and authors from academia are invaluable.