Important tools for course and useful in general

• JFlex tool for generating lexical analyzers for the Java programming language
  
  • Website http://jflex.de/
  • Download jflex in compressed form
  • Installation instructions
  • JFlex user manual
  • You can also download it as jflex package for Debian or Ubuntu GNU/Linux (aptitude install jflex)
  • Useful example/tutorial of JFlex specification file to get started with

• Java CUP for generating bottom-up LALR parsers for the Java programming language
  
  • Website http://www2.cs.tum.edu/projects/cup/
  • Download page and usage instructions
  • Download it in jar package form sablecc32.jar
  • Java CUP user manual
  • A minimal calculator CUP specification file to get started with

• JavaCC tool for generating top-down LL(k) parsers and lexical analyzers for the Java programming language
  
  • Website http://java.net/projects/javacc/
  • Download javacc in compressed form
  • Download it in jar package form javacc5.jar
  • You can download it as javacc package for Debian or Ubuntu GNU/Linux (aptitude install javacc)
  • Documentation and grammar examples inside the zip file

•  JTB (Java Tree Builder) transforms javacc grammars in Java class hierarchies
  • Website http://compilers.cs.ucla.edu/jtb/
  • You can get our version of the file from jtb133di.jar
  • The above version has some changes compared to the official that you may find useful

Other useful tools:

• Flex for generating lexical analyzers in C/C++
  
  • Website (for POSIX systems like Linux, BSD, Unix*) http://flex.sourceforge.net/
  • Implementation of GNU (for POSIX systems and Windows)
  • Manual at http://flex.sourceforge.net/manual/

• Bison for producing bottom-up LALR(1) parsers in C/C++
  • Website http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
  • Implementation of GNU (for POSIX systems and Windows)
  • Manual at http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/manual/index.html

• SableCC for generating bottom-up LALR(1) parsers and lexical analyzers for the Java programming language
  
  • Website http://sablecc.org/
  • Download sablecc in compressed from
  • Download it in jar package form sablecc32.jar

• SPIM tool for executing MIPS code
  
  • Website http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html
  • Download it from the above link and for platforms debian/ubuntu gnu/linux download the package "spim"