The history of C# and TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg | GitHub

Anders Hejlsberg discusses his 40-year career designing Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C#, and TypeScript, and explains the decision to port TypeScript to Go.

Anders Hejlsberg is one of the most influential language designers of our time, having created Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C#, and TypeScript. In this interview, he discusses his 40-year career, the early days of open source at Microsoft, and the decision to move TypeScript to GitHub. He also reveals why the team recently decided to port the TypeScript compiler to Go for a 10x performance boost. #AndersHejlsberg #TypeScript #Go ▬▬▬▬▬▬ TIMESTAMPS ⌚ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Early days: Turbo Pascal and 64K memory 04:01 - Learning to lead and the move to Microsoft 05:20 - Creating C# and the .NET platform 09:00 - Why TypeScript was created to fix JavaScript 11:47 - Advice for new language designers 13:58 - Moving TypeScript to GitHub in 2014 17:50 - Porting the TypeScript compiler to Go and not Rust 22:34 - AI and the advantage of established languages 25:33 - How AI changes language design and the senior developer crisis 28:07 - Respect for Rust, Python, and the future Stay up-to-date on all things GitHub by connecting with us: YouTube: gh.io/subgithub Blog: github.blog X: twitter.com/github LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/github Insider newsletter: resources.github.com/newsletter/ Instagram: instagram.com/github TikTok: tiktok.com/@github About GitHub It’s where over 180 million developers create, share, and ship the best code possible. It’s a place for anyone, from anywhere, to build anything—it’s where the world builds software. github.com