The History of C# and TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg on GitHub

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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 64