helly

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Internet
Occupation Software Engineer
Location Zürich, Switzerland
Introduction Marcus Börger is a specialist in C, C++, databases, UML, XML, and of course PHP. To the PHP community, he is also known as helly. As a core developer, he contributes a lot to PHP and focuses on the new OO features of PHP 5 and Zend Engine 2. Marcus has been hacking around on all sorts of things for over 15 years, and being an avid snowboarder, he happily accepted an offer from Google to work in their Zürich office. He can often be found snatching gummy bears from his favorite Italian pizzeria and taking photographs.
Interests sports, of any kind
Favorite Movies Dune, 5th Element, Lord of the Rings
Favorite Music Alicia Keys, Bjoerk, Faithless, Ian Pooley, LTJ Bukem, Maceo Parker, Massive Attack, Molokko, Pink Floyd, Thievery Corporation, The Orb
Favorite Books Lord of the Rings, Umberto Eco