Alan Mycroft
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Alan Mycroft is a reader
at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
. He is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge
, where he is also director of studies for computer science
.
With Arthur Norman, he co-created the Norcroft C compiler
. He is also a named trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a charitable organisation whose single-board computer
is intended to stimulate the teaching of basic computer science in schools.
Reader
Reader can mean a person who is reading a text, or a basal reader, a book used to teach reading. It may also refer to:-People:* Richard Reader Harris , English barrister and Pentecostalist* Reader Harris , British politician...
at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
The Computer Laboratory is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge. As of 2007, it employs 35 academic staff, 25 support staff, 35 affiliated research staff, and about 155 research students...
. He is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge
Robinson College, Cambridge
Robinson College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Robinson is the newest of the Cambridge colleges, and is unique in being the only one to have been intended, from its inception, for both undergraduate and graduate students of either sex.- History :The college was founded...
, where he is also director of studies for computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
.
With Arthur Norman, he co-created the Norcroft C compiler
Norcroft C compiler
The Norcroft C compiler in computing is a portable set of C/C++ programming tools written by Codemist, available for a wide range of processor architectures....
. He is also a named trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a charitable organisation whose single-board computer
Single-board computer
A single-board computer is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor, memory, input/output and other features required of a functional computer. Unlike a typical personal computer, an SBC may not include slots into which accessory cards may be plugged...
is intended to stimulate the teaching of basic computer science in schools.