David Hanson (computer scientist) explained

David R. Hanson is a software engineer who worked at Google until he retired in January 2012, working in programming languages, compilers, software tools, and programming environments. Before joining Google, he was with Microsoft Research, Princeton,^[1] University of Arizona,^[2] and Yale.^[3] He has written many journal and conference papers and two books: A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation with Christopher Fraser, which describes lcc, a widely used compiler for Standard C,^[4] and C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software.^[5]

Hanson is largely responsible for designing and implementing the "View as Slideshow" feature for PowerPoint and attachments in Google's Gmail system.^[6]

Hanson enjoys skiing and cycling. He also builds furniture.^[7]

External links

• Home page for David R. Hanson
• List of publications from the DBLP Bibliography Server
• lcc web site
• C Interfaces and Implementations web site

Notes and References

1. Book: Tölle . Wolfgang . Yasner . Jason . Pieper . Michael . Study and Research Guide in Computer Science: Profiles of Universities in the USA . 2012 . Springer Science & Business Media . 9783642773938 . 54 . 18 September 2018 . en . 2 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502212938/https://books.google.com/books?id=rM2oCAAAQBAJ&q=%22David+hanson%22+Princeton+University.+Professor+of+Computer+Science,&pg=PA54#v=snippet&q=%22David%20hanson%22%20Princeton%20University.%20Professor%20of%20Computer%20Science%2C&f=false . live .
2. Book: Hanson . David R. . Kobayashi . Makoto . Proceedings. 1990 International Conference on Computer Languages . 8247463 . EZ Processes . 1990 . 97 . 10.1109/ICCL.1990.63764 . 0-8186-2036-6 . Reprinted from Proceedings of the 1990 International Conference on Computer Languages, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 1990, 90–97.
3. Web site: David R. . Hanson . A Procedure Mechanism for Backtrack Programming* David R. HANSON + Department o£ Computer Science, The University of Arizona . 18 September 2018 . 401 . 9 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809040845/http://drhanson.s3.amazonaws.com/storage/documents/backtracking-acm.pdf . live .
4. Book: Hanson . David . C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software . 1996 . Addison-Wesley Professional . 9780201498417 . first . 18 September 2018 . English.
5. Book: Hanson . David . Christopher W. . Fraser . A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation . 1995 . Addison-Wesley Professional . 9780805316704 . 1 . 18 September 2018 . English .
6. Web site: David R. Hanson . sites.google.com . 18 September 2018 . 10 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510031828/https://sites.google.com/site/drhanson/ . live .
7. Web site: Woodworking Portfolio . www.drhanson.net . 18 September 2018 . 4 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904181633/http://www.drhanson.net/WoodWorking/ . live .