Daniel Friedman
Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: Daniel Paul Friedman
Born: 1944
Computer-related contributions
- American computer scientist and text book author.
- Researcher and writer on the subject of programming languages, notably ML, Java, LISP and Scheme.
- Co-introduced the concept of "hygienic" macros.
- Professor of Computer Science at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Significant publications
- Essentials of Programming Languages (2008).
- The Little MLer (1998).
- A Little Java, A Few Patterns (1997).
- The Little Schemer - 4th Edition (1995).
- The Little LISPer, Third Edition (1989).
Honors and awards
- Member of the editorial board of Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation (formerly LISP and Symbolic Computation).