Anders Hejlsberg
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Danish software engineer and Microsoft technical fellow, creator of Turbo Pascal and Delphi and lead architect of C# and TypeScript.
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A programming language is not a compiler but an experience: editing, running, debugging and the runtime library all have to fit together as one cycle. (opens korrents.com)
“That was always the idea, and that that goes back even to the predecessor of Turbo Pascal, this idea that it's not just a compiler. It's an experience, right? I mean, you don't just compile your programs. You also edit…”
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Turbo Pascal won because it was ten times better at a tenth of the price — faster, smaller, more interactive and cheaper at once. (opens korrents.com)
“It was just better than all the competition. It was faster. It was smaller. Um it was more interactive and it was also cheaper. So, it was like 10 times better at a tenth of the price of the of the competition, right?”
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It is a bad strategy to bet your development platform on technology licensed from a competitor. (opens korrents.com)
“And so, we kind of realized at that point, too, that maybe it's not a great strategy to to place your your development platform bet on on technology that's licensed from a competitor.”
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A programming language is not a compiler but an experience: editing, running, debugging and the runtime library all have to fit together as one cycle. (opens korrents.com)