Re: How to justify teaching compilers

Mayan Moudgill <mayan@bestweb.net>
2 Oct 2004 16:22:43 -0400

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From: Mayan Moudgill <mayan@bestweb.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 2 Oct 2004 16:22:43 -0400
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References: 04-10-009
Keywords: courses
Posted-Date: 02 Oct 2004 16:22:43 EDT

Pg Nor Jaidi Pg Tuah wrote:
> Dear compiler-loving academics, how would you justify
> keeping/introducing your beloved compiler course?


I'm not an academic, but here's my $0.02. I'm responsible for software
hires at our company. When we're considering anyone with a computer
science degree, he/she is very unlikely to be hired if they have not
taken either a compiler or an operating systems course with a project
requirement (we prefer compiler to OS).


A compiler course with a project can have several benefits:
- Students start to understand CPU architecture and assembler.
- They become sensitized to the performance of HLL constructs.
- They have to actually write a smallish program.
- They develop the skills to write little languages.


Mayan


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