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Re:Tony Hoare answers questions [video] by chrisseaton on Monday July 05, 2021 @02:02PM (#27740366)
What's a GOAT?
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Re:Tony Hoare answers questions [video] by jchallis on Monday July 05, 2021 @04:02PM (#27741363)
GOAT Of All Time

We need something suitably recursive for Hoare.

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Re:Tony Hoare answers questions [video] by hyperpallium2 on Monday July 05, 2021 @07:51PM (#27742927)
see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27740366
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Re:Tony Hoare answers questions [video] by bb1234 on Monday July 05, 2021 @02:07PM (#27740416)
Greatest Of All Time
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Re:Tony Hoare answers questions [video] by the_benno on Monday July 05, 2021 @02:13PM (#27740472)
adding some context: used most often in discussion of sports in my experience, e.g. Michael Jordan in Basketball, Wayne Gretzky in Hockey, Babe Ruth in Baseball, etc. Carries connotations not only of being one of the best to ever do it, but also a mythos and aura that influenced/continues to influence others.
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Re:Tony Hoare answers questions [video] by mikequinlan on Monday July 05, 2021 @02:06PM (#27740413)
Greatest Of All Time
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Re:Tony Hoare answers questions [video] by jyriand on Monday July 05, 2021 @02:08PM (#27740430)
GOAT as the OG of his field
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