Walter Bright
Walter Bright is an American computer programmer who created the D programming language, the Zortech C++ compiler, and the Empire computer game.
Bright was the main developer of the first C++ compiler to translate source code directly to object code without using C as an intermediate, and Zortech C++. Before designing the C++ compiler, he developed the Datalight C compiler, also sold as Zorland C and later Zortech C.Biography
Bright graduated from Caltech in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering. While at university he wrote the Empire wargame for the PDP-10 mainframe; it was completed in 1977.
Walter Bright is the creator of the D programming language. He has implemented compilers for several other languages, and is considered an expert in many areas related to compiler technology. Walter regularly writes scientific and magazine articles about compilers and programming and was a blogger for Dr. Dobb's Journal.
He was hired by Facebook to write a fast C/C++ preprocessor in D.
