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“A program that produces incorrect results twice as fast is infinitely slower.”

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John Ousterhout

John Ousterhout is a renowned computer science researcher known for his contributions to programming languages and distributed systems. Born on October 15, 1954, he is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, and a pioneer in the fields of cloud computing and big data. more

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