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John McCarthy, Discoverer of Lisp, Has Passed Away

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @12:07AM 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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Discoverer or Lisp? by agentgonzo · 2011-10-25 00:10 · Score: 4, Insightful

I think you mean creator or inventor. It's not like the Lisp programming language was just sat out in the wilds of Chile under a rock waiting to be found by an archaeologist.