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Tony Hoare has died
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Hacker News | Mar 10, 2026 | speckx
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Turing Award winner and former Oxford professor Tony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92. Jim Miles gives his personal reflections. Jill Hoare, Tony Hoare, Jim Miles. Cambridge, 7 September 2021Last Thursday (5th March 2026), Tony Hoare passed away, at the age of 92.
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