Other resources
A list of other resources that you might find helpful:
- Version control and configuration management::
- The manual for CVS,
a source-control system that many of you
may find helpful in the CS143 programming projects.
- Stanford leland workstations:
- Guide to services (account info, hostnames, etc.)
- Using AFS (how to set directory permissions and other stuff)
- C++ and UNIX:
- Thomas Anderson's Quick
Introduction to C++ (used in our CS140 class) may be useful
if you know C but are not familiar with all of the C++ subset we
use in the programming projects.
- A more thorough guide to using the version of Gnu C++
installed on our Solaris machines is here.
- Quick guide to UNIX development tools (one of the many useful documents available in Nick Parlante's ever-growing CS library)
- Help with the gdb debugger:
- References on lex & yacc:
Lex is the original lexical scanner developed by Lesk and Schmidt; Paxson's improved version is flex.
Similarly, yacc is Johnson and Sethi's original parser; bison is the GNU-equivalent written by Corbett and Stallman.
Both are designed to be upward-compatible with the original while
adding extensions and improvements.
- Original documentation by the authors of the tools themselves.
These papers are quite readable and serve as an excellent introduction for familiarizing yourself with the tools.
- Man pages are available from command line, e.g.,
man lex.
We've also put up browsable versions of the Solaris man pages for
lex,
flex,
yacc, and
bison.
- GNU's online documentation (full manuals, long, but very complete)
- The lex & yacc page from Combo.org.
- An article from the Linux Journal singing the praises of lex & yacc.
- References on JLex and Java_cup:
- References on MIPS & SPIM:
- A PDF version of the SPIM Manual (appendix from Hennessy & Patterson's architecture book)
- The SPIM home page (downloadable versions, more docs).
Just for fun: