Spec# Visual Basic. F# DLR. Generics in C#, Java, and C++ Generics in C#, Java, and C++A Conversation with Anders Hejlsberg, Part VIIby Bill Venners with Bruce EckelJanuary 26, 2004 Page 1 of 3 >> Summary Anders Hejlsberg, the lead C# architect, talks with Bruce Eckel and Bill Venners about C# and Java generics, C++ templates, constraints, and the weak-strong typing dial. Anders Hejlsberg, a distinguished engineer at Microsoft, led the team that designed the C# (pronounced C Sharp) programming language.
Hejlsberg first vaulted onto the software world stage in the early eighties by creating a Pascal compiler for MS-DOS and CP/M. A very young company called Borland soon hired Hejlsberg and bought his compiler, which was thereafter marketed as Turbo Pascal.