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John McCarthy, Discoverer of Lisp, Has Passed Away

Posted by Unknown on from the lisp-proven-not-to-be-key-of-eternal-life dept.

The first of a few submitters, szo sent in an early report that John McCarthy passed early yesterday. Paul Graham (among others) confirmed: the news was true. And so, shortly after a fellow founder of countless language descendants, goes the founder of the Lisp tree at the age of 84.

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  1. Thanks by V!NCENT · · Score: 5, Informative

    (print "World says goodbye")

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  2. Re:Lisp is a fascinating language with honored his by icebraining · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/lisp-companies/
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/172798/lisp-in-the-real-world
    http://www.franz.com/success/

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  3. Re:RIP and thank you for AI by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hm....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxima_(software)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Analysis_and_Replanning_Tool
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai_(software)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHINE_Expert_System

    Yeah, this language is useless outside of academia.

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