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From Turbo Pascal to Delphi to C# to TypeScript, an interview with PL legend Anders Hejlsberg

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  • Presented by Anders Hejlsberg, creator of Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C#, and TypeScript

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Programming languagesHistory and cultureLanguage design and type systemsTypeScriptC# and .NET

Anders Hejlsberg discusses his career, the design of Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C#, and TypeScript, and the future of programming languages.

Thanks much to Anders for the interview! Video foreword Introduction & current work Getting into programming languages & Turbo Pascal Lessons from early personal computing Borland experience Delphi Graphical programming languages Switch to Microsoft & background for .NET C# in the context of Java Classes vs structs & value objects Getting into TypeScript Surprising success JS functional programming & TS feature set Common Language Runtime & language vs platform Future impact of machine learning on programming Closing words

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