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Tony Hoare has died

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Re: Tony Hoare has died

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Post by csb6 »

arn3n wrote: post #2

Pardon if I’m dumb/missed something: Is Tony Hoare dead? I see no news anywhere.

The blog author says that Jonathan Bowen informed them, so it is possible it hasn't been officially announced.

Re: Tony Hoare has died

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Post by Jtsummers »

arn3n wrote: post #2

Pardon if I’m dumb/missed something: Is Tony Hoare dead? I see no news anywhere.

I can't find any news either, but that is the claim of this submission.

  > Jonathan Bowen informed me of Tony Hoare's death on Thursday, March 5th. (translated from French)
The main reason to find it surprising is that it's now 4 days since then, I'd have expected something to have been published besides this page.

Re: Tony Hoare has died

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Post by nextos »

tibbar wrote: post #5
arn3n wrote: post #2

Pardon if I’m dumb/missed something: Is Tony Hoare dead? I see no news anywhere.

That is the claim of the post. I also don't see confirmation elsewhere

There is very little information around, this is the most authoritative post I could find. There are some comments on X as well.

According to this blogpost, he sadly passed away last Thursday, March 5th.

Re: Tony Hoare has died

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Post by jlhawn »

nextos wrote: post #6
tibbar wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is the claim of the post. I also don't see confirmation elsewhere

There is very little information around, this is the most authoritative post I could find. There are some comments on X as well. According to this blogpost, he sadly passed away last Thursday, March 5th.

There were a few recent edits about this on Tony Hoar's Wikipedia page which were reverted because there was no substantial evidence: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Hoare&action...
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