“I couldn't resist the temptation to put in a null reference, simply because it was so easy to implement. This has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes, which have probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years.”
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Tony Hoare
Tony Hoare is a renowned British computer scientist known for his contributions to programming languages and algorithm design. He is recognized for proposing the Quicksort algorithm and participating in the design of the ALGOL 60 programming language. more
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