Quicksort inventor Tony Hoare reaches the base case at 92
(2026/03/12)
Obit Classicist, philosopher, wit, and one of the greatest British computer scientists of all time
Overboarding:
Overcompensating for fears about the future by plunging
headlong into a job or life-style seemingly unrelated to one's
previous life interests: i.e., Amway sales, aerobics, the Republican
party, a career in law, cults, McJobs....
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"