Compilers - FIB UPC, 2024 - Lab documentation

The lab for CL course will be based on the use of ANTLR4, a powerful parser generator.

The first two lab sessions will be devoted to getting acquainted with ANTLR4, and with the different possibilities it offers. We will do this following a simple example such as building a basic calculator.

The rest of the sessions will be used to work on the project (building a compiler for a simple imperative language) in teams of two people.

One of the lab sessions (towards half of the course) will be a practical exam on ANTLR4. The last lab session will be a final exam on the developed project.

• Introduction to ANTLR4

• Documentation for the lab Project

Installing ANTLR4 in your Linux

If you want to work in your own computer, you’ll need to install Antlr4 in it. Follow the instructions given here.

Useful links

• ANTLR4 web site

• ANTLR4 runtime for C++

• Documentation for ANTLR4 Java runtime (C++ runtime is barely documented, but C++ API is pretty similar to Java API)