On 09/12/2023 17:41, I wrote:
On 09/12/2023 13:51, James Harris wrote:
[...] It's a pity there aren't thinkers of [Hoare's] type
still around - at least I don't know of any.
Tony Hoare is still around. So are, for example, Don Knuth, Niklaus Wirth, [...].
Sadly, Niklaus Wirth died on Monday, January 1st, aged 89.
Biography at, eg, "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth".
RIP.
--
Andy Walker, Nottingham.
Andy's music pages: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music
Composer of the day: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music/Composers/Bizet
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