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Charles Petzold

チャールズ・ペゾルド　/　ちゃーるず・ぺぞるど

American programmer

February 2, 1953 (age 73)　・　New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

New Jersey
programmer
writer
computer scientist

My Take

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.

Overview

Charles Petzold (born February 2, 1953) is an American programmer and technical author on Microsoft Windows applications. He is also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and was named one of Microsoft's seven Windows Pioneers.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: programmer / writer / computer scientist / author

2. Background

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4. Personality

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6. Links

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

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