Charles Petzold

I have deep respect for Charles Petzold. Code ages fast, but clear writing about hard ideas lasts, and that is exactly what he built a career on, explaining Windows programming to legions of developers. Being named one of Microsoft's early Windows Pioneers and a Most Valuable Professional confirms what readers already knew. He is not the kind of name that lights up tabloids, yet he quietly shaped how thousands of engineers learned their craft. That teacherly, craftsman temperament appeals to me. The people who do the unglamorous work of passing knowledge forward are, in my view, the ones who genuinely endure.

Name (English)

Charles Petzold

Name (Japanese)

チャールズ・ペゾルド

Reading

ちゃーるず・ぺぞるど

Born

February 2, 1953 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

Origin

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

programmer / writer / computer scientist / author

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%82%BE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89

Tags

• New Jersey
• programmer
• writer
• computer scientist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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