Rasmus Lerdorf

Updated: 12/30/2019 by Computer Hope
Rasmus Lerdorf

Name: Rasmus Lerdorf

Born: November 22, 1968, in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland

Computer-related contributions

  • Danish programmer with Canadian citizenship best known as the creator of the PHP scripting language. He authored the first two versions.
  • Contributed to the Apache HTTP Server and he added the LIMIT clause to the MYSQL DBMS.

Significant publications

  • Programming PHP (2013).

Honors and awards

  • Named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35 (2003).

Quotes

"I really don't like programming. I built this tool to program less so that I could just reuse code."

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