Turing Award winner and former Oxford professor Tony Hoare passed away
Corroborated by 2 sources from 2 publishers
globalworld2d ago
TL;DR
Turing Award winner and former Oxford professor Tony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92. Hoare is famous for quicksort, ALGOL, Hoare logic and so much more. Jim Miles gives his personal reflections.
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Hacker News
https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/tony-hoare-1934-2026.html
3/10/2026
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Hacker News
https://bertrandmeyer.com/2026/03/16/celebrating-tony-hoares-mark-on-computer-science
2d ago
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Hacker News (Front Page)
https://bertrandmeyer.com/2026/03/16/celebrating-tony-hoares-mark-on-computer-science
2d ago