Self-Introduction

As the students in this course are from a variety of backgrounds, please write a short self-introduction highlighting your familiarity with the following topics.

• Systems programming with C and C++
• Prototyping with functional languages such as Haskell
• Low-level programming in assembler
• Background in computer architecture
• Previous courses in compiler design
• Project work with open source software

Parabix Familiarity

• Download the current LLVM, Parabix and icgrep software using the command:

svn co http://parabix.costar.sfu.ca/svn/icGREP/icgrep-devel

• Follow the README instructions to build and install llvm
• Follow the README instructions to build and install Parabix and the Parabix example programs such as icgrep
• Use make check to make sure things work.
• Try some regular expression tasks, using -ShowREs, -ShowPablo, -ShowIR and -ShowASM.
• Prepare a web page showing an interesting aspect of the compilation process or your initial explorations to present in class. Plan for a 3-minute presentation.

Submission

Submit your assignment on Coursys as a PDF. No Word documents! Email the URL for your web page.

Due: Sunday January 21, 2018, 2:00 p.m.