In the course we discuss the following topics (Chapters refer to Transform.ModernCompilerImplementationInML). The project entries in the schedule are steps in building the TigerCompiler.

Week 1 

	* Meeting 1 (29/10)
		* Introduction, CompilerArchitecture, TigerLanguage, Stratego.StrategoLanguage (Chapter 1, Appendix A)
	* Meeting 2 (2/11): 
		* Translating Tiger to MIPS
		* Tiger Abstract Syntax, Assembly Code (Chapter 4)
		* Tiger Eval

	* Project
		* ExtendTigerWithDoWhile

Week 2 

	* Meeting 3 (5/11)
		* Translation To IntermediateRepresentation (Chapter 7)
	* Meeting 4 (9/11)
		* no meeting scheduled (voorlichting)

	* Project
		* TranslateExpressionsByHand
		* TranslateExpressionsToIntermediateRepresentation

Week 3 
	
	* Meeting 5 (12/11)
		* Instruction Selection (Chapter 9)
		* Main.NielsJanssen
	* Meeting 6 (16/11)
		* Canonical Form for IntermediateRepresentation (Chapter 8)
		* Main.MarcelBroeken

	* Project
		* IR2ASM: Instruction Selection for MIPS
		* CanonicalizeIR: canonicalize Intermediate Representation

Week 4
	
	* Meeting 7 (19/11)
		* Translating Declarations (Chapters 5, 6, 7, 12)
		* Main.MartinBravenboer
	* Meeting 8 (23/11)
		* Loose ends in the basic compiler

	* Project
		* Finish basic compiler
		* week 5-6: Polish and extend with optimizers

Week 5

	* Meeting 9 (26/11)
		* Dataflow Analysis (Chapter 17)
		* Main.PaulHagg
	* Meeting 10 (30/11)
		* Register Allocation (Chapter 10, 11)
		* Jory van Zessen

Week 6

	* Meeting 10 (3/12)
		* The Memory Hierarchy (Chapter 21)
		* Main.WesselDankers
	* Meeting 11 (7/12)
		* Loop Optimizations (Chapter 18)
		* Main.RobVermaas

Week 7

	* Meeting 11 (10/12)
		* Pipelining and Scheduling (Chapter 20)
		* Main.AlanVanDam
	* Meeting 11 (14/12)
		* Compiling Functional Programming Languages (Chapter 15)
		* Jory van Zessen, Main.MartinBravenboer

Week 8

	* Finish the TigerCompiler (See HpcProject)