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John Hopcroft
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John Edward Hopcroft is an American theoretical computer scientist. His textbooks on theory of computation, also known as the Cinderella book, and data structures are regarded as standards in their fields.
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John Edward Hopcroft (born October 7, 1939) is an American theoretical computer scientist. His textbooks on theory of computation (also known as the Cinderella book) and data structures are regarded as standards in their fields.
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October 7, 1939
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In 1986 Hopcroft received the ACM Turing Award (jointly with Robert Tarjan) "for fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures."
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