An obituary of Tony Hoare, a pioneer and one of the greatest programmers in the early history of computing.

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Taylor Medine is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor with over 10 years of experience writing guides and articles that demystify personal finance topics, such as how to repay debt, build credit and ...