Birth of Sir Charles Hoare, Pioneering Computer Scientist

Sir Charles Hoare, born on Jan 11, 1934, is a British computer scientist known for foundational contributions to programming languages.

Birth of Sir Charles Hoare, Pioneering Computer Scientist
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Birth of Sir Charles Hoare, Pioneering Computer Scientist

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On January 11, 1934 was born Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare. He is a British computer scientist who has made foundational contributions to programming languages, algorithms, operating systems, formal verification, and concurrent computing. In 1969 Tony Hoare developed the Hoare logic, an axiomatic basis for verifying program correctness. In 2009, Tony Hoare apologized for inventing the null pointer which has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes over the years. #SoftwareTesting #community

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