# Anders Hejlsberg ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-02-03 Anders Hejlsberg.jpg|400]] Anders Hejlsberg is a Danish software engineer known for creating [[TypeScript]], C#, and Turbo Pascal. He is a Technical Fellow at Microsoft and one of the most influential language designers in computing history. ## Career - **Borland** (1980s): Created Turbo Pascal; chief architect of Delphi - **Microsoft** (1996-present): Lead architect of C#; creator of [[TypeScript]] (2012) ## Key Contributions - **Turbo Pascal**: Revolutionary fast compiler that democratized programming - **Delphi**: Influential rapid application development (RAD) tool - **C#**: Lead architect of Microsoft's flagship language - **[[TypeScript]]**: Brought static typing to [[JavaScript]] ecosystem ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg ## Related - [[TypeScript]] - [[JavaScript]] ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Anders Hejlsberg]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Anders Hejlsberg]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->