Intentional Software
| Industry | Software engineering |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 2002 |
| Founder | Charles Simonyi Gregor Kiczales |
| Defunct | April 2017 |
| Fate | Acquired by Microsoft |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Charles Simonyi (co-founder), Eric C. Anderson (CEO) |
Number of employees | 50-100 |
| Parent | Microsoft |
| Website | http://www.intentional.com |
Intentional Software was a software company that designed tools and platforms that followed the principles of intentional programming in which programmers focus on capturing the intent of users and designers, and spend as little time as possible interacting with machines and compilers. Its tools included language workbenches, tools that separated software function from implementation, and allowed 'language-focused' development. This allowed automatic rewriting of code as expert knowledge of implementation options changed. The company later began developing a platform for improving productivity of software groups.