Language design is ninety per cent the same work every time and ten per cent new, which is why the experience carries from one language to the next.

What these subjects mean

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

compilers Programs that turn programs into programs: what a compiler can name, assembly, and building one that serves an editor.

A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What Anders Hejlsberg actually said

Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.

Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?

Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.