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Happy 29th Anniversary, LightTools! 1995? 1?? ?? ??? LightTools ? ??? 29??? ?????. Synopsys? ?? R&D ?????? LightTools ?? ??? ??? Bob Mortensen? ??????. ?? LightTools? ?? ?? ???? ???? ?????, ?? CODE V ??? ???? ??????. 1990?? ?? ??? Bob? ???? ???? R&D ??? ?? ? ?? ??? ?????. ??? ???? ?? LightTools? ?? ??? ?? ??? ???????.

Q: What was it like to work on the first release of LightTools?

?? LightTools? ???? ?? ???????

?? 1990? ??, ORA(Optical Research Associates)?? ??? ???? ???? Tom Walker? ???? ?? ??? LightTools? ? ??? '?? ??' ?? ??? ??? ??? ???. 

? ?? ? ????? ???? ???? ??? ? ?? ?? ????? ? ? ?? ?? ?? ??? ??????. ???? ?? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ??? ????? ?? ??? ? ?????. 1990? ????? ?? ???? ???????. ????? ? ?? ? ???? ?? 20MHz, ?? 64MB? ?? ?? ???? ????? ???????. ORA? ?? ???? ??? ???? ???? ??????. ? ? ??? ?? ORACAD ???? ???????. ORACAD ? ??? ? ????? ?? LightTools? ? ?????

Bob Mortensen, one of LightTools' first developers | Synopsys
Left to right: Mike Hayford*, Tom Walker*, Tom Bruegge*, and Bob Mortensen (*currently retired) | Synopsys Optical 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Blog

???? Mike Hayford*, Tom Walker*, Tom Bruegge*, ??? Bob Mortensen (*?? ?? ??)

Tom? ?? ?? ???? Mike Hayford? ??? ???? ?? ????? ????????. ?? ??? Sun Workstation, Graphic, User Interface? ??? ??? ??? ???????. ?? ???? ??? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??? ?? ???????. ?? ?? Daren Reid? ?? ??? ????, Tom Bruegge? Mike? ?? ?? ???, Phil Suematsu? ??? ????? ?? ??? ??????.

LightTools 3D Design view of a binocular system, circa 1990s | Synopsys Optical 91³Ô¹ÏÍø

1990???, ??? ???? LightTools 3D ?? ??

? ?? Tom? Mike? ??? ?? Objective-C ??? ??????. ? ??? ?? ?? ??? ????? ??? ??? ?? Compiler ??? ?? ??????. ?? ORACAD? ??? ??? ? ??? ??? ??? ?????? ?? ??? ?? ??????. ?? ???? Compiler? ?? ?? ???? ??? ??? ??????. ?? ? ?? ????? '??'??? ??? ?? ???, ??? Compiler? ??? ????. ?? ??? ?? Objective-C Compiler? ??? ??? C++ Compiler (Sun Microsystems?? ??)? ???? ??? Objective-C?? C++? ???? ??? ???? ????.   

? ??? ???, Phil? ?? ??? ???? ?? Tom? Mike? ?? ??? ??????. Phil? Objective-C ??? C++ ???? ???? ? ??? ?? ??? ????, ?? Objective-C ??? ?????? ??? ? ?? ??? ??????. Phil? ?? ??? ??? ???? ?? ?? ??? ???? ?? ??? ??????. Phil? ?? ??? ??? ?? ????? ??? ???? ?? ??????. C++ ??? ????? ??? ????, ?????, ??? ??? ???? ??????. ? ?? ?? ?? ??? ??????? ? ?? ???????.  

??? ?? ? ?? ? ??? ?? ??? ?? ?? ? ?? ???? ??? ??? ??? ????? ? ??? ?? ??? ???? ??????. ? ?? ? ???? ?? ? ??? ???, ???? ??? ??? ?????. Tom? ???? ? ?? ?? ??? ??? ? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ? ?????. ? ??? ???? ?? ??? ??? ?? SLR ??, ???? ?? ???, ??? ?????? ?? ?? ? ?? ??? ? ?? ?? ??? ??? ? ?????. ? ???? ??? ??? LightTools? ???? ????. 

? ??? ? ? ?? LightTools? ? ?????, ?? ?? ? ?? ?? ???? ???? ?? ?? ??? ???? ??????.  

Q: What career accomplishments are you most proud of?

????? ??? ?? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??????.

?? ? ? ?? LightTools? ??? ?????, ?? ???? ?????, ?? ??? ??????? ?? ??? ???????. LightTools? ??? ??? ?? ???? ??? CAD ??? ??? ??????.

?? CODE V? ???? ??? ??? ??? ? ?? ???????. ?? ?? ??? ??? ???? ??? ??? ??? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ??? ?? ?? ???? ? ????.

Q: Who was influential in your career?

?? ??? ??? ?? ? ??? ??? ??????

Tom Walker? Mike Hayford (??? ??)? ? ??? ?????. ????? ??? ?? ??, ???? ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ???? ??, ?? ???? ???? ??? ?? ?? ???? ??, ? ?? ?? ?????? ???? ??? ??? ? ?????. ??? ??? ?? ??? ?? ????? ??? ? ????.

Q: What are some of your favorite career memories?

?? ??? ?? ??? ??????

ORA? Synopsys? ???? ???? ?? ??? ?? ?? ??? ?? ????? ?? Hearts Game, ??? ???? ?? ??? ??, ????? ????? ?? ???, ?? ?? ?? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ???? ??? ????. 

Q: What are your retirement plans?

?? ? ??? ??????

?????? ?? ? ? ?? ??? ?? ? ??? ????/?? ??? ?? ????. ? ??? ??? ???? ?? ? ? ?? ??? ???? ? ?? ??? ? ?? ????. ??? ?? ??? ?? ???? ??? ???.

?? ??, ??, ???, ????, ???? ? '???? ??' ???? ??? ???. ??, ?????? ??? ??? ?? ?? ??? ? ?? ?? NHL ???? ???? ?? ??? ?? ?? ??? ???? ????.

???? ???? ???? ??? Bob? ??? ????, Synopsys Optical 91³Ô¹ÏÍø? ?? ??? ?? ??? ???? ?????.

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