Compiler is a software which converts a program written in high level language to low level language.

1. Introduction to Compilers
Mr. Sameer Prembabu Mamadapure
Information Technology Department
International Institute of Information Technology, I²IT
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2. Compilers
 “Compilation”
 Translation of a program written in a source language
into a semantically equivalent program written in a
target language
Compiler
Error messages
Source
Program
Target
Program
Input
Output

3. Lexical Analyzer
Syntax Analyzer
Semantic Analyzer
Intermediate Code Generator
Machine-Independent
Code Optimizer
Code Generator
Machine-Dependent
Code Optimizer
character stream
token stream
syntax tree
syntax tree
target-machine code
Symbol
Table
Phases of a Compiler
Error Handler
intermediate representation
target-machine code
intermediate representation

4. Lexical Analyzer
Syntax Analyzer
Semantic Analyzer
character stream
position = initial + rate * 60
<id,1> <=> <id,2> <+> <id,3> <*> <60>
=
<id,1>
<id,2>
<id,3>
+
*
60
=
<id,1>
<id,2>
<id,3>
+
*
inttofloat
60
Example:-

5. Intermediate Code Generator
Machine-Independent
Code Optimizer
Code Generator
t1 = inttofloat(60)
t2 = id3 * t1
t3 = id2 + t2
id1 = t3
t1 = id3 * 60.0
id1 = id2 + t1
L R2, id3
MULF R2, #60.0
L R1, id2
ADDF R1, R2
ST id1, R1
1 position …
2 initial …
3 rate …
SYMBOL TABLE

6. The Phases of a Compiler
Phase Output Sample
Programmer (source code producer) Source string A=B+C;
Scanner (performs lexical analysis) Token string ‘A’, ‘=’, ‘B’, ‘+’, ‘C’, ‘;’
And symbol table with names
Parser (performs syntax analysis
based on the grammar of the
programming language)
Parse tree or abstract syntax tree ;
|
=
/
A +
/
B C
Semantic analyzer (type checking,
etc)
Annotated parse tree or abstract
syntax tree
Intermediate code generator Three-address code, quads, or RTL int2fp B t1
+ t1 C t2
:= t2 A
Optimizer Three-address code, quads, or RTL int2fp B t1
+ t1 #2.3 A
Code generator Assembly code MOVF #2.3,r1
ADDF2 r1,r2
MOVF r2,A
Peephole optimizer Assembly code ADDF2 #2.3,r2
MOVF r2,A

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 Any compiler must perform two major tasks
 Analysis of the source program
 Synthesis of a machine-language program
The Structure of a Compiler (1)
Compiler
Analysis Synthesis

8. The Structure of a Compiler
8
Scanner Parser
Semantic
Routines
Code
Generator
Optimizer
Source
Program Tokens Syntactic
Structure
Symbol and
Attribute
Tables
(Used by all Phases of The Compiler)
(Character Stream)
Intermediate
Representation
Target machine code

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Scanner Parser
Semantic
Routines
Code
Generator
Optimizer
Source
Program Tokens Syntactic
Structure
Symbol and
Attribute
Tables
(Used by all
Phases of
The Compiler)
Scanner
 The scanner begins the analysis of the source program
by reading the input, character by character, and
grouping characters into individual words and symbols
(tokens)
 RE ( Regular expression )
 NFA ( Non-deterministic Finite Automata )
 DFA ( Deterministic Finite Automata )
 LEX
(Character Stream)
Intermediate
Representation
Target machine code

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Scanner Parser
Semantic
Routines
Code
Generator
Optimizer
Source
Program Tokens Syntactic
Structure
Symbol and
Attribute
Tables
(Used by all
Phases of
The Compiler)
Parser
 Given a formal syntax specification (typically as a context-
free grammar [CFG] ), the parse reads tokens and groups
them into units as specified by the productions of the
CFG being used.
 As syntactic structure is recognized, the parser either calls
corresponding semantic routines directly or builds a
syntax tree.
 CFG ( Context-Free Grammar )
 BNF ( Backus-Naur Form )
 GAA ( Grammar Analysis Algorithms )
 LL, LR, SLR, LALR Parsers
 YACC
(Character Stream)
Intermediate
Representation
Target machine code

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Scanner Parser
Semantic
Routines
Code
Generator
Optimizer
Source
Program
(Character Stream)
Tokens Syntactic
Structure
Intermediate
Representation
Symbol and
Attribute
Tables
(Used by all
Phases of
The Compiler)
Semantic Routines
 Perform two functions
 Check the static semantics of each construct
 Do the actual translation
 The heart of a compiler
 Syntax Directed Translation
 Semantic Processing Techniques
 IR (Intermediate Representation)
Target machine code

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Scanner Parser
Semantic
Routines
Code
Generator
Optimizer
Source
Program Tokens Syntactic
Structure
Symbol and
Attribute
Tables
(Used by all
Phases of
The Compiler)
Optimizer
 The IR code generated by the semantic routines is
analyzed and transformed into functionally equivalent but
improved IR code
 This phase can be very complex and slow
 Peephole optimization
 loop optimization, register allocation, code scheduling
 Register and Temporary Management
 Peephole Optimization
(Character Stream)
Intermediate
Representation
Target machine code

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Source
Program
(Character Stream)
Scanner
Tokens
Parser
Syntactic
Structure
Semantic
Routines
Intermediate
Representation
Optimizer
Code
Generator
Code Generator
 Interpretive Code Generation
 Generating Code from Tree/Dag
 Grammar-Based Code Generator
Target machine code

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Scanner
[Lexical Analyzer]
Parser
[Syntax Analyzer]
Semantic Process
[Semantic analyzer]
Code Generator
[Intermediate Code Generator]
Code Optimizer
Tokens
Parse tree
Abstract Syntax Tree w/ Attributes
Non-optimized Intermediate
Code
Optimized Intermediate Code
Code Optimizer
Target machine code

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