Father of Lisp and AI John McCarthy has died

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#1

Just found that a few days ago yet another pioneer of computer science died
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/24/father_lisp_ai_john_mccarthy_dies/

I remember his name from my days at university almost twenty years ago (a
course in mathematical logic with a short introduction to lisp).

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#2

martin_helm wrote:

> Just found that a few days ago yet another pioneer of computer science
> died
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/24/father_lisp_ai_john_mccarthy_dies/
>
> I remember his name from my days at university almost twenty years ago (a
> course in mathematical logic with a short introduction to lisp).
>

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