Much of what exists in contemporary dev tools can trace some DNA back to Turbo Pascal and Delphi 1.0
Anders Hejlsberg is a footnote in the story of a few tools - but was as instrumental as DHH in changing perception of how software could be developed, how the tools look/feel and how objects are interacted with at design time
I see a lot of current work on the DOM, I see a lot of companies wanting portable desktop apps and looking at the DOM as the platform for that, then I look at what Anders did in early 90s and think there is so much that can be applied to current problems
Much of what exists in contemporary dev tools can trace some DNA back to Turbo Pascal and Delphi 1.0
Anders Hejlsberg is a footnote in the story of a few tools - but was as instrumental as DHH in changing perception of how software could be developed, how the tools look/feel and how objects are interacted with at design time
I see a lot of current work on the DOM, I see a lot of companies wanting portable desktop apps and looking at the DOM as the platform for that, then I look at what Anders did in early 90s and think there is so much that can be applied to current problems