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The emperor's old clothes

The work

AuthorsC. A. R. Hoare
Editors
Typemisc
Year1981
Also known asanon1981emperors
Citekeyhoare1981emperors

Where it appeared

PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Identifiers

DOI10.1145/358549.358561

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@misc{hoare1981emperors,
  title        = {The emperor's old clothes},
  author       = {C. A. R. Hoare},
  year         = {1981},
  publisher    = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
  doi          = {10.1145/358549.358561},
}

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