RIP Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare (11 January 1934 – 5 March 2026), also known as C. A. R. Hoare, pioneering computer scientist.

His seminal contributions include -
Quicksort
Quickselect
Hoare logic
Null reference
Communicating sequential processes
Structured programming
ALGOL

https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/tony-hoare-1934-2026.html
https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/hoare_4622167.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare
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