Anders Hejlsberg

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Danish person computer scientist programming language designer software engineer

Anders Hejlsberg is a Danish software engineer best known for designing influential programming languages and development tools, including Turbo Pascal, Delphi, and later leading the design of C# and TypeScript at Microsoft.

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instanceOf Danish person ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ
programming language designer ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ
activeIn 1980s software industry ⓘ
1990s software industry ⓘ
2000s software industry ⓘ
2010s software industry ⓘ
awardReceived Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Award ⓘ
Microsoft Technical Fellow title ⓘ
birthCountry Denmark ⓘ
birthDate 1960-12-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Copenhagen ⓘ
designed C# programming language ⓘ
Delphi (programming language) ⓘ
surface form: Delphi IDE

Delphi (programming language) ⓘ
surface form: Delphi programming language

Turbo Pascal ⓘ
TypeScript programming language ⓘ
employer Borland ⓘ
Embarcadero Technologies ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ
familyName Anders Hejlsberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hejlsberg
field programming languages ⓘ
software development ⓘ
givenName Anders ⓘ
influenced C# developers community ⓘ
TypeScript ecosystem ⓘ
modern object-oriented programming languages ⓘ
knownFor C# programming language ⓘ
surface form: C#

Delphi (programming language) ⓘ
surface form: Delphi

Turbo Pascal ⓘ
TypeScript programming language ⓘ
surface form: TypeScript

integrated development environments ⓘ
programming language design ⓘ
language Danish ⓘ
English ⓘ
name Anders Hejlsberg self-link ⓘ
nationality Danish ⓘ
notableAchievement co-designed TypeScript ⓘ
created Turbo Pascal compiler ⓘ
led design of C# ⓘ
led design of Delphi ⓘ
notableWork C# programming language ⓘ
surface form: The C# Programming Language (book)
occupation programmer ⓘ
software architect ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ
role lead architect of C# ⓘ
technical fellow at Microsoft ⓘ
workedOn .NET Framework ⓘ
Visual Studio ⓘ

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C# programming language → creator → Anders Hejlsberg ⓘ
subject surface form: C#
Delphi (programming language) → designedBy → Anders Hejlsberg ⓘ
subject surface form: Delphi
Anders Hejlsberg → familyName → Anders Hejlsberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hejlsberg
Anders Hejlsberg → name → Anders Hejlsberg self-link ⓘ
Turbo Pascal → originalAuthor → Anders Hejlsberg ⓘ
subject surface form: TypeScript