15-611 Compiler Design

15 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course covers the design and implementation of compiler and run-time systems for high-level languages, and examines the interaction between language design, compiler design, and run-time organization. Topics covered include syntactic and lexical analysis, handling of user-defined types and type-checking, context analysis, code generation and optimization, and memory management and run-time organization.

Prerequisites: 14-513 (min C) or 15-213 (min C) or 15-513 (min C) or 18-613 (min C) or 18-513 (min C) or 18-600 (min C) or 18-213 (min C)

Offered: Spring 2027, Spring 2026

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