John McCarthy RIP

Started by CaveGuy, January 12, 2003, 09:33:13 AM

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January 12, 2003, 09:33:13 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00:00 PM by CaveGuy
According to a french article on 2003-01-08 by Albert Tissot on fr.comp.lang.lisp



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John McCarthy (the father of the Lisp Language)

died in Boston on January 04th 2003.



His language will live on forever .........
Bob the Caveguy aka Lord High Fixer.

Ryon

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January 14, 2003, 06:24:43 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00:00 PM by Ryon
May he retht in peath.



(Please, please forgive me!)
\"Give me a Kaypro 64 and a dial tone, and I can do anything!\"

CaveGuy

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January 14, 2003, 06:31:07 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00:00 PM by CaveGuy
I am happy to say, that the french report was wrong,

and Rumors of his death have been rebuted.

John McCarthy of LISP fame has been reported as

being alive and kicking as of 1/14/03.



I guess the value of old LISP code will remain stable for a while longer :)
Bob the Caveguy aka Lord High Fixer.

Ryon

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January 14, 2003, 07:42:01 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00:00 PM by Ryon
I'm speechleth!
\"Give me a Kaypro 64 and a dial tone, and I can do anything!\"
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