CS 456 - Systems Programming Spring 2024

Class Hours

Lectures are held Lab: W 6-7PM; Lecture TH 6-8PM, in Zoom .<\p>

Office Hours

John Compton's office hours: By Appointment in Rankin Hall.

Course Description

The catalog description for this course is:

"An introduction to both program translation and operating systems. There will be a survey of topics such as: top-down and bottom-up parsing, scanning, code generation, symbol table management, linkers and loaders, batch processing systems, interacting processes, multiprogramming systems, and memory management."

Learning Outcomes

• Most important prerequisite skills/knowledge:
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• Most important skills/knowledge gained:
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Recommended text

No required textbook. Readings will be posted on the course website