The class text is a draft of a new text, Crafting a Compiler, Second Edition, Charles N. Fischer, Richard J. LeBlanc, and Ron Cytron. (Distributed directly to CS 536 students.)
The following reading assignments have been made so far.
| Lecture | Date | Reading Assignment | |
| 1 | January 23 | Chapters 1 and 2 | |
| 6 | February 4 | Chapter 3 | |
| 15 | February 27 | Chapter 4 | |
| 19 | March 7 | Chapter 5 | |
| 23 | March 24 | Sections 6.1 to 6.5.1 | |
| 25 | March 31 | Chapter 8 | |
| 28 | April 7 | Chapter 9 | |
| 30 | April 16 | Chapter 11 |