Question 1

What is Gazlab?

Accepted Answer

Gazlab is a free in-browser compiler explorer for Gazprea. Write, compile, and run Gazprea programs online with real-time output and errors, without installing the full toolchain.

Question 2

What is Gazprea?

Accepted Answer

Gazprea is derived from a language originally designed at the IBM Hardware Acceleration Laboratory in Markham, ON. It reads like a scripting language but compiles for speed, and is used in CMPUT 415 at the University of Alberta.

Question 3

What is CMPUT 415?

Accepted Answer

CMPUT 415 is Compiler Design at the University of Alberta. The course covers compilers and interpreters, lexical and syntax analysis, type checking, code generation, and optimization. Students build a Gazprea compiler with ANTLR4, MLIR, and LLVM.

Question 4

Who built Gazlab?

Accepted Answer

Gazlab was built by Nandan Ramesh around the Gazprea compiler project for CMPUT 415 at the University of Alberta.

Question 5

Is Gazlab affiliated with the University of Alberta?

Accepted Answer

Gazlab is an unofficial student project. It is not an official University of Alberta or IBM product. It is meant to help people explore Gazprea as taught in CMPUT 415.