SPR96 CSCI-250 Assignment #3

Table of Contents

Administrative Details (below)
The SPR96 Compiler
The VMSpec Interpreter
- The Instruction Set
Revisions to the Assignment since 26 March. Last Revision: 30 April
An Example SPR96 Program.

Your group will write a compiler to turn SPR96 code into VMSpec machine code. You will also write an interpreter to emulate a VMSpec machine and run the machine code.

Questions regarding fine points of the specification are welcomed, either in e-mail or during office hours.

Dates of Interest

26 March	Assignment Distributed
9 May	Early Project Date - Additional 10%
16 May	Project Due - 10% Off After This Date
31 May	No Credit After This Date

Grading

Compilers turned in by the early date will earn an additional 10% (of points possible) for their author's entire project.

Hand In

E-mail a uuencoded zip file containing the TEXT files specified below. Hand in the printed output specificed below.

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Your Lex Code
Your YACC Code
Your C Code
Your Makefile

Printed

A Description of How to Use your compiler--This should be written in UNIX manual page format.
A Description of any Modifications made to or liberties taken with the grammar--You will need to make at least one such modification to remove all shift-reduce errors from your project.
A Description of All Known Deficiencies (bugs) in your implementation.
Three Testing Examples that give your compiler a real workout. Include both source code and runtime output.

Your makefile must fully compile your project to run on an HP9000 700-series workstation using the standard Lex and Yacc supplied in that workstation's development environment. If you are in doubt, try compiling your project on one of the department's machines here at CSUC. These machines include hairball, guzzler, phantasm, pathogen, ghoul, and many others.

Sections of the Assignment

For clarity, the assignment is broken down into two sections:

SPR96 CSCI-250 Assignment #3 - Rev. 23 March 1996 / Ben Steel