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“You cannot teach beginners top-down programming, because they don't know which end is up.”

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Tony Hoare
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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