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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

John Henry Michael "JT" Thompson - Inventor of Lingo Computer Programming Lauguage Used for Animation, Web Design, Graphics, Sound, and Video Games






John Henry Thompson – invented lingo programming used in ...



His time at Macromedia


      His goal was to absorb as much knowledge as he could as to invent his very own computer language.


Having had an early interest in both the arts and technology, this lead him to a company called macromedia where he got a job.


From the year 1987, while at this company there had been quite a number of software products that he had developed. 


They include The VideoWorks  Accelerator, VideoWorks 2, Macromedia Director  amongst other products.


While there, he held the position of Chief Scientists (this is the highest engineering position at Macromedia) until he left the company in 2001.


He was able to achieve his goal as he had also invented the Macromedia Director Lingo Scripting language. 


Content that is created in Macromedia Director  is delivered to the Internet as Shockwave movies.
 

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