Eugene Roshal
| Eugene Roshal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 March 1972 Chelyabinsk, USSR |
| Alma mater | South Ural State University (former Chelyabinsk Technical University), Faculty of Electronics |
| Occupation | Computer Programmer |
| Known for | RAR, WinRAR |
Eugene Roshal (Russian: Евгений Лазаревич Рошал, Yevgeny Lazarevich Roshal) is a Russian software engineer best known as the developer of:
- FAR file manager (1996)
- RAR file format (1993)
- WinRAR file archiver
The RAR compression algorithm is officially owned by his elder brother Alexander, because Eugene Roshal has "no time to concern himself with software development and copyright-related issues at the same time."[1]
References
- Biography and product timeline based on The Compression Project web page: Russian language interview with E. Roshal accessed 12 January 2010 (and verified by personal email exchange with him in 2011).