Rasmus Lerdorf Quotes


I'm OK with procedural code, and the web is a top-down type of problem. It makes sense to me that you have HTML, you spit out a bunch of HTML, then you call a function to do something and then call another function.


Citations

Lerdorf, Rasmus. Interview. Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages, edited by Federico Biancuzzi and Shane Warden, O'Reilly Media, 2009.

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Rasmus Lerdorf
Rasmus Lerdorf
  • Born: November 22, 1968
  • Nationality: Danish
  • Profession: Distinguished Engineer, Etsy

Rasmus Lerdorf is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating in the development of later versions led by a group of developers including Jim Winstead (who later created blo.gs), Stig Bakken, Shane Caraveo, Andi Gutmans, and Zeev Suraski. He continues to contribute to the project.