Celebrating Tony Hoare's mark on computer science - Bertrand Meyer's technology+ blog Tony Hoare at the LASER summer school, September 2007 (All photographs in this article are by the author) Had they included just one of Tony Hoare’s major achievements, many scientific careers would b...

Wonderful:

“Celebrating Tony Hoare’s Mark On Computer Science”, Bertrand Meyer (bertrandmeyer.com/2026/03/16/c...).

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Tony Hoare (1934-2026) Turing Award winner and former Oxford professor  Tony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92. Hoare is famous for quicksort, ALGO...

R.I.P. C.A.R. Hoare 😢:

“Tony Hoare (1934-2026)”, Computational Complexity (blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/tony...).

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He co-wrote one of my curriculum comp-sci books.
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The architect of modern computing: Tony Hoare remembered at 92 Computer scientist Tony Hoare, who developed Quicksort and formal verification methods that shaped modern computing, has died aged 92.

The architect of modern computing: Tony Hoare remembered at 92

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Assn for Computing Machinery (@ACM@mastodon.acm.org) Attached: 1 video Happy Birthday to #ACMTuringAward recipient Tony Hoare! Hoare received the 1980 Turing Award for his fundamental contributions to the definition and design of programming languages. Watch Hoare explain how he came to study computer science: https://youtu.be/9o5K9MU245w

Happy Birthday, Tony! A wonderful and kind man, I was lucky to meet when I was a doctoral student. #TonyHoare https://mastodon.acm.org/@ACM/115877536192573194

Tony Hoare >> Home C.A.R (Tony) Hoare: a brief biography and his technical contributions

Just heard a great quote by #TonyHoare: "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." cs.stanford.edu/people/erobe...

We have just finished interviewing Richard Zajdlic, speaking about His time on London’s Burning.

Richard appeared as Mascal in S6 Ep4 and as Series Writer for Series 9 Episode 8.

Thank you for the interview.
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Null Values in Programming Languages: Concepts, History, Initial Languages, Pros, Cons, and Modern Impact Null values are fundamental to programming, allowing developers to signify the absence of data. However, they can also lead to challenges, such as null reference exceptions. This essay explores the…

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Podcast Announcement 📣:

We are also pleased to announce David Warwick who played Josie’s Brother in Series 1 Episode 6 “Ding Dong Merrily”, has agreed to be interviewed.

Stay tuned for further information….
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Podcast Announcement 2📣:

We pleased to announce Tony Sands who played Colin in Series 2 Episode 7, has agreed to be interviewed.

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