Sir Tony Hoare, software designer who developed Quicksort, the industry standard for sorting lists

Sir Tony Hoare, who has died aged 92, was a leading figure in computer software design best known for developing a leading ...
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Turing Award winner Tony Hoare, computing pioneer who invented Quicksort, dies at the age of 92

Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare, known as Tony to friends, has died at the age of 92. One of the greatest programmers in the early history of computing, he invented the Quicksort algorithm ...
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'KVICK SÖRT' is a clear illustration of the sorting algorithm 'Quicksort' in the style of an IKEA manual

The steps for quick sorting are as follows: First, select an appropriate value (pivot) from the data. In the following example, the value with the diagonal line is the pivot. Each data point is ...
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Turing Award winner Tony Hoare, computing pioneer who invented the Quicksort algorithm for a sixpence bet, dies at the age of 92

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