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Re:An Ode to Deluxe Paint (2023) by insom on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @11:34AM (#40429779)
Wasn't Hoare's "billion dollar mistake" back in Algol? We'd been suffering with it for 30 years before Java decided to include it.
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Re:An Ode to Deluxe Paint (2023) by ska on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @02:29PM (#40432035)
1965 according to a quote on his page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare
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