Quotes by C. A. R. Hoare

C. A. R. Hoare

British computer scientist

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  • Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors.
    Hints on Programming Language Design, December 1973
    ― C. A. R. Hoare
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  • We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
    ― C. A. R. Hoare
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  • You cannot teach beginners top-down programming, because they don't know which end is up.
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  • Due credit must be paid to the genius of the designers of ALGOL 60 who included recursion in their language and enabled me to describe my invention so elegantly to the world.
    The Emperors Old Clothes
    ― C. A. R. Hoare
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