Anders Hejlsberg
Anders Hejlsberg
Anders Hejlsberg is a prominent Danish software engineer who co-designed several popular and commercially successful programming languages and development tools. He was the original author of Turbo Pascal and the chief architect of Delphi. He currently works for Microsoft as the lead architect of C# and core developer on TypeScript...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryDenmark
Anders Hejlsberg quotes about
built developer products quest simplicity strive
You can see it in the products I've built over the years?they strive to be simple. Simplicity is important in the quest for developer productivity.
apply collection data domain framework model single works
You can query pretty much anything. LINQ works with any collection you have in the .Net Framework today. It's a single programming model for data where the things you know in this domain just magically apply for another domain.
dream single
The dream is to have a single programming model,
people tech
I have no people reporting to me and don't expect to. My competency is in the tech realm.
mean people done
Just because people tell you it can't be done, that doesn't necessarily mean that it can't be done. It just means that they can't do it.
best build controls felt functions microsoft
I felt there was a need for us to build a new programming language. I also had come to see that Microsoft functions best when it controls its own destiny.
absolutely appealing
I absolutely think it will, because it makes .Net a more appealing proposition.
love people stuff
I love working with smart people and being challenged. I also like working on stuff that's relevant. That's my adrenaline shot.
base change dilemma large percent petition productive question stay technology trying
The VB6 petition is the dilemma you end up in when you have a large installed base you're trying to move. There's no question .Net is a very productive system. The only way you can stay 100 percent backward-compatible is not to change your technology base.