Spring 2027

Construction of Compilers

Construction of Compilers covers principles of programming language design and implementation, including compilation, static analysis, profiling, and code generation.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Susan Horwitz

The student rated the difficulty as very low, indicating the coursework did not present significant academic challenges.

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing

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COMPSCI 701

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

SUSAN HORWITZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Susan Horwitz

A former student described the course as a favorite, noting they loved the experience and found the material easy to handle.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.60 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2018: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Susan Horwitz

The student rated the difficulty as very low, indicating the coursework did not present significant academic challenges.

Past student reviews · Susan Horwitz

The reviewer expressed strong satisfaction with Professor Susan Horwitz, calling her a great professor and stating they loved the course.

Topics

  • Programming language design and implementation
  • Compilation, static analysis, profiling, and code generation

Skills

  • Design and implementation of programming languages
  • Static program analysis and code generation

Grades

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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  "output_id": "e2c745ca750a8b1119caa02076e5c3bdae64cb2943e1429e1552bdbc71afb775",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
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