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The unavoidable price of reliability is simplicity.
Tony Hoare
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Tony Hoare
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 11
Computer Scientist
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C. A. R. Hoare
Charles Antony Richard Hoare
Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare
C.A.R. Hoare
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