Language and Compilers | Debasish Dutta

My work in language and compiler design focuses on creating efficient, reliable, and scalable solutions for modern computational challenges. By leveraging my background in computer science, I explore the intricacies of programming languages, including their syntax, semantics, and optimization techniques. My research aims to design compilers (Dutta et al., 2025) that not only improve performance but also enhance developer productivity by providing advanced error-checking, debugging tools, and user-friendly language features.

Research Highlights

Investigating novel approaches to compiler optimization for high-performance computing, ensuring minimal resource utilization and maximal throughput.
Exploring domain-specific languages (DSLs) tailored to scientific and technical computing, enabling seamless integration of algorithms with underlying hardware.
Developing tools and methodologies for parsing, lexical analysis, and code generation to make compilers more accessible and robust.
Focusing on cross-disciplinary applications, such as creating efficient pipelines for data processing and computational imaging tasks.

References

2025

arXiv
Developing a Modular Compiler for a Subset of a C-like Language

Debasish Dutta, Neeharika Sonowal, and Irani Hazarika

2025

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.04503
ArXiv preprint

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The paper introduces the development of a modular compiler for a subset of a C-like language, which addresses the challenges in constructing a compiler for high-level languages. This modular approach will allow developers to modify a language by adding or removing subsets as required, resulting in a minimal and memory-efficient compiler. The development process is divided into small, incremental steps, where each step yields a fully functioning compiler for an expanding subset of the language. The paper outlines the iterative developmental phase of the compiler, emphasizing progressive enhancements in capabilities and functionality. Adherence to industry best practices of modular design, code reusability, and documentation has enabled the resulting compiler’s functional efficiency, maintainability, and extensibility. The compiler proved to be effective not only in managing the language structure but also in developing optimized code, which demonstrates its practical usability. This was also further assessed using the compiler on a tiny memory-deficient single-board computer, again showing the compiler’s efficiency and suitability for resource-constrained devices.
@article{dutta2025compiler, title = {Developing a Modular Compiler for a Subset of a C-like Language}, author = {Dutta, Debasish and Sonowal, Neeharika and Hazarika, Irani}, year = {2025}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, primaryclass = {cs.PL}, dimensions = {true}, keywords = {arxiv, Programming Languages (cs.PL); Computation and Language (cs.CL); Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC); Performance (cs.PF)}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.04503}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04503}, }