[toronto-lisp] RIP John McCarthy

First dmr, now John McCarthy. The giants are leaving us one by one... R.

Might be too soon to say it, there's only one source on teh Wikipedia page about it and it seems like everyone's linking back to the Wikipedia page as if it were the source :S I hope it's too soon to say it! :( -Rudolf O. On 24 October 2011 18:01, Rick Innis <rick.innis@gmail.com> wrote:
First dmr, now John McCarthy. The giants are leaving us one by one...
R.
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On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Rudolf <omouse@gmail.com> wrote:
Might be too soon to say it, there's only one source on teh Wikipedia page about it and it seems like everyone's linking back to the Wikipedia page as if it were the source :S I hope it's too soon to say it! :( -Rudolf O.
There appears to be more authoritative material, though it surely is not as strong as one might prefer. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3151233 http://chime.in/user/toybuilder/chime/65979187159736320 http://twitter.com/#!/wendyg/status/128584398642757632 Sad news, if true. And the pioneers are starting to get rather ancient, so it's likely that there will be more of them passing away soon, as simple consequence of 'actuarial effects.' -- When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"

Ah shit, it looks like it's true: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3151705 RIP ;/ -Rudolf O. On 24 October 2011 18:13, Rudolf <omouse@gmail.com> wrote:
Might be too soon to say it, there's only one source on teh Wikipedia page about it and it seems like everyone's linking back to the Wikipedia page as if it were the source :S
I hope it's too soon to say it! :( -Rudolf O.
On 24 October 2011 18:01, Rick Innis <rick.innis@gmail.com> wrote:
First dmr, now John McCarthy. The giants are leaving us one by one...
R.
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