Walter Bright
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Walter G. Bright (born March 10, 1959) is an American computer programmer who created the D programming language,[1][2] the Zortech C++ compiler, and the Empire computer game.
Early life and education
Bright is the son of the United States Air Force pilot Charles D. Bright.[3][4] He taught himself computer programming from the type-in programs in BASIC Computer Games.[5]
Bright graduated from Caltech in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Aeronautical Engineering.[6][7] While at university he wrote the Empire wargame for the PDP-10 mainframe.[8]
Career
Bright wrote Mattel Intellivision games while at Caltech, then worked as a mechanical engineer after graduation. After learning C in the early 1980s he ported Empire to the IBM PC, stating that C "might as well have been called EIL, for 'Empire Implementation Language.'"[8]Template:R/superscript Bright developed the Datalight C compiler, also sold as Zorland C and later Zortech C.[9]
Bright was the main developer of the Zortech C++ compiler (later Symantec C++, now Digital Mars C++), which was the first C++ compiler to translate source code directly to object code without using C as an intermediate.[10]
D programming language
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Around 2014, Bright wrote Warp, a fast C/C++ preprocessor written in D, for Facebook.[14][15][1]
References
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External links
- Walter Bright home page
- Computerworld Interview with Walter Bright on D Programming Language
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