Walter Bright

Walter G. 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++ (later becoming Symantec C++, now Digital Mars C++). Before designing the C++ compiler, he developed the Datalight C compiler, also sold as Zorland C and later Zortech C.
Biography.
Bright is the son of the air force pilot Charles D. Bright.
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.