Computer Science Pioneer Tony Hoare Passes Away at 92
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Summary
The article announces the passing of Tony Hoare, a pioneering computer scientist and Turing Award winner, at age 92. It reflects on his major contributions to computer science including the quicksort algorithm, ALGOL programming language, Hoare logic, and his work on formal verification. The piece includes personal reflections from someone who knew him and highlights his lasting impact on the field beyond just his most famous algorithm.
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· 4 pulledTony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92.
He made many important contributions to Computer Science, which go well beyond just the one for which most Maths/CompSci undergraduates might know his name: the quicksort algorithm.
Hoare is famous for quicksort, ALGOL, Hoare logic and so much more.
Turing Award winner and former Oxford professor Tony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92.
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