handouts/ho07.tex
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 \begin{document}
-\fnote{\copyright{} Christian Urban, King's College London, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020}
+\fnote{\copyright{} Christian Urban, King's College London, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023}
 
 \section*{Handout 7 (Compilation)}
 
@@ -53,15 +53,16 @@
 \noindent
 The input will be WHILE-programs; the output will be assembly files
 (with the file extension .j). Assembly files essentially contain
-human-readable low-level code, meaning they are not just bits and bytes,
-but rather something you can read and understand---with a bit of
-practice of course. An \emph{assembler} will then translate the assembly
-files into unreadable class- or binary-files the JVM or CPU can run.
-Unfortunately, the Java ecosystem does not come with an assembler which
-would be handy for our compiler-endeavour  (unlike Microsoft's  Common
-Language Infrastructure for the .Net platform which has an assembler
-out-of-the-box). As a substitute we shall use the 3rd-party programs
-Jasmin and Krakatau 
+human-readable low-level code, meaning they are not just bits and
+bytes, but rather something you can read and understand---with a bit
+of practice of course. An \emph{assembler} will then translate the
+assembly files into unreadable class- or binary-files the JVM or CPU
+can run.  Unfortunately, the Java ecosystem does not come with an
+assembler which would be handy for our compiler-endeavour (unlike
+Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure for the .Net platform which
+has an assembler out-of-the-box). As a substitute we shall use the
+3rd-party programs Jasmin or Krakatau (Jasmin is the preferred
+option---a \texttt{jasmin.jar}-file is available on KEATS):
 
 \begin{itemize}
   \item \url{http://jasmin.sourceforge.net}