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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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Re:Discoverer or Lisp? by readin · 2011-10-25 02:48 · Score: 1, Troll

Discover, v. "To make known to the both the discovered and those who support the discoverer." Columbus is credited with discovering America not because he was the first person to find America or even the first white person to find America (the Vikings beat him to it), but because he made both the Europeans and the American Indians aware of each others existence - something neither had known before.

But hey, don't let the facts interfere with your racist jokes. Keep making fun of white people.

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