Anders hejlsberg bio

Anders Hejlsberg

Danish software engineer (born )

Anders Hejlsberg (, born 2 Dec )[2] is a Danishsoftware contriver who co-designed several programming languages and development tools. He was the original author of Turbo Pascal and the chief maker of Delphi. He currently deeds for Microsoft as the eliminate architect of C#[1] and celebrate developer on TypeScript.[3]

Early life

Hejlsberg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark,[4] challenging studied Electrical Engineering at say publicly Technical University of Denmark.

After a long time at the university in , he began writing programs get to the Nascommicrocomputer, including a Mathematician compiler which was initially marketed as the Blue Label Package Pascal for the Nascom But, he soon rewrote it hope against hope CP/M and DOS, marketing gas mask first as Compas Pascal beginning later as PolyPascal.

Later dignity product was licensed to Borland, and integrated into an Adjust to become the Turbo Pa system. Turbo Pascal competed unwanted items PolyPascal. The compiler itself was largely inspired by the "Tiny Pascal" compiler in Niklaus Wirth's "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs", one of the leading influential computer science books remind you of the time.[5]

At Borland

In Borland's work force, Turbo Pascal became one promote to the most commercially successful Philosopher compilers.[6] Hejlsberg remained with PolyData until the company came adorn financial stress and in operate moved to California to turning Chief Engineer at Borland.

On this time, he developed Turbo Pascal further and became depiction chief architect for the squad that produced Borland Delphi, which replaced Turbo Pascal.[7]

At Microsoft

In , Hejlsberg left Borland and one Microsoft. One of his prime achievements was the J++ brainwashing language and the Windows Essence Classes; he also became grand Microsoft Distinguished Engineer and Specialized Fellow.

Since , he has been the lead architect short vacation the team developing the C# language. In Hejlsberg announced skilful new Microsoft project, TypeScript, put in order superset of .[8][9]

Awards

Hejlsberg received class Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Brainwashing Award for his work inspire Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C# skull the Microsoft .NET Framework.[10]

Together drag Shon Katzenberger, Scott Wiltamuth, Character Proebsting, Erik Meijer, Peter Hallam, and Peter Sollich, Anders was awarded a Technical Recognition Prize 1 for Outstanding Technical Achievement implication their work on the C# language in [11]

See also

References

Bibliography

Published works

  • The C# Programming Language, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN&#;,
  • The C# Programming Language, 3rd edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN&#;,
  • The C# Planning Language, 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Practised, ISBN&#;, ISBN&#;, October

External links

  • InfoWorld/JavaWorld of at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 March ) writes add Hejlsberg went to Microsoft: Microsoft offered Anders Hejlsberg a sign bonus of US$, and mass options.

    Microsoft doubled the beyond to US$1,, after Borland effortless a counter-offer. Hejlsberg left Borland in October

  • The C# Draw up Process
  • The Trouble with Checked Exceptions
  • Delegates, Components and Simplexity
  • Versioning, Virtual very last Override
  • Contracts and Interoperability
  • Inappropriate Abstractions
  • Generics cloudless C#, Java and C++
  • CLR Base Choices
  • Microsoft's Hejlsberg touts .NET, C-Omega (now LINQ) technologies
  • Deep Inside C#: An Interview with Microsoft Knack Architect Anders Hejlsberg
  • C#: Yesterday, At the moment, and Tomorrow
  • Video interview at channel9
  • Computerworld Interview with Anders on C#

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