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CS 8803-O083 credit hours

Compilers: Theory & Practice(Compilers)

Frontends, IRs, optimizations, and codegen. Build a working compiler over the semester.

Computing Systems · electivecompilersC++LLVM

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Logistics

Terms offered
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Summer
Prerequisites
  • Discrete math
  • C++
Counts toward
  • Computing Systemselective

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  1. 4 / 5
    Difficulty5/5Workload26 hr/wkRecommendYes

    Project-driven course. Most of the 26 hrs/wk go to assignments rather than lectures.

  2. 4 / 5
    Difficulty4/5Workload18 hr/wkRecommendYes

    hard pace, moderate hours weekly. Coming in I had no recent academic study. Glad I stuck with it.

  3. 3 / 5
    Difficulty5/5Workload17 hr/wkRecommendYes

    Took this in Summer 2024. Workload averaged ~17 hrs/wk. Difficulty felt brutal. Instructors engage in forums.

  4. 4 / 5
    Difficulty5/5Workload14 hr/wkRecommendYes

    Would I take it again? Yes. The course rewards consistent weekly effort.

  5. 5 / 5
    Difficulty4/5Workload17 hr/wkRecommendYes

    Took this in Spring 2025. Workload averaged ~17 hrs/wk. Difficulty felt hard. Office hours actually helpful.

  6. 5 / 5
    Difficulty4/5Workload23 hr/wkRecommendYes

    Project-driven course. Most of the 23 hrs/wk go to assignments rather than lectures.

  7. 4 / 5
    Difficulty5/5Workload22 hr/wkRecommendYes

    Project-driven course. Most of the 22 hrs/wk go to assignments rather than lectures.

  8. 5 / 5
    Difficulty3/5Workload20 hr/wkRecommendYes

    Took this in Spring 2025. Workload averaged ~20 hrs/wk. Difficulty felt fair. Assignments build on each other.