The class text is Crafting a Compiler, (Charles N. Fischer, Ron Cytron and Richard J. LeBlanc Jr.)
The following reading assignments have been made so far.
| Lecture | Date | Reading Assignment | |
| 1 | September 5 | Chapters 1 and 2 | |
| 6 | September 17 | Chapter 3 | |
| 17 | October 15 | Chapter 4 | |
| 21 | October 24 | Chapter 5 | |
| 24 | October 31 | Sections 6.1 to 6.5.1 | |
| 26 | November 5 | Chapter 8 | |
| 30 | Novemer 19 | Chapter 9 and 12 |