Tom Pittman (computer scientist)

Tom Pittman is an American computer scientist. He was a founding member of the Homebrew Computer Club and known for coauthoring The Art of Compiler Design (1992).^[1]

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Pittman received a BA in Math from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966 and a PhD in Computer and Information Science at University of California, Santa Cruz in 1985.^[2]

Pittman was a founding member of the Homebrew Computer Club, who created a personal computer based on the low-powered Intel 4004 chip and maintained the Homebrew mailing list. In two months, he wrote a Tiny BASIC interpreter for the Motorola 6800, selling it for only five dollars.^[3]

He and James Peters coauthored The Art of Compiler Design (1992), an important introductory textbook to compiler and interpreter design.^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b Pittman, Thomas; Peters, James F. (1992). The Art of Compiler Design: Theory and Practice. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-048190-0.
^ "Pittman Bio". Itty Bitty Computers. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ Levy, Steven (19 May 2010). Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". pp. 196–200. ISBN 978-1-4493-9380-9.

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[art-1] Pittman, Thomas; Peters, James F. (1992). The Art of Compiler Design: Theory and Practice. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-048190-0.

[2] "Pittman Bio". Itty Bitty Computers. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[3] Levy, Steven (19 May 2010). Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". pp. 196–200. ISBN 978-1-4493-9380-9.

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