System Programming and Operating System – I

Contents

1. Introduction

1.1 Types of Program

1.2 Difference between System programming and Application programming

1.3 Elements of Programming Environment

1.4 Simulation of Simple Computer

2. Editors

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Definition and Need/Purpose of Editor

2.3 Types of Editor

2.4 Structure of Editor

3. Assembler

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Features of Assembly Language

3.3 Statement Format

3.4 Design of an Assembler

3.5 Pass structure of Assembler

3.6 Advanced Assembler Directives

3.7 Pass I of the Assembler

3.8 Pass II of Assembler

3.9 Factors Affecting the Pass Structure of Assembler

3.10 Comparison of Single Pass and Two Pass Assembler

4. Macros and Macro processors

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Macro Definition and Call

4.3 Macro Expansion

4.4 Nested Macro Calls

4.5 Advanced Macro Facilities

4.6 Design of Macro Preprocessor

4.7 Processing of Nested Macro Calls

4.8 Macro Assembler

5. Compilers

5.1 Compilers, Aspects of Compilation

5.2 Structure of a Compiler

5.3 Memory Allocation

5.4 Compilation of Expressions

5.5 Code Optimization

6. Compiler Design Options

6.1 Interpreter

6.2 P-code Compilers

7. Linker and Loader

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Binding

7.3 Relocation and Linking Concepts

7.4 Relocatability of Programs