John McCarthy

Tim Bradshaw

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Oct 24, 2011, 7:46:23 PM10/24/11

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Has died.

--tim

(no doubt many other people are posting similar articles, but I can't
see any here)

Kaz Kylheku

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Oct 24, 2011, 8:41:41 PM10/24/11

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On 2011-10-24, Tim Bradshaw <t...@tfeb.org> wrote:
> Has died.

Wow. Earlier this month we lost Dennis Ritchie.

;; Invention!
(if cond then else)

/* Perversion! */
cond ? then : else

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Barry Margolin

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Oct 24, 2011, 9:57:39 PM10/24/11

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In article <201110242...@kylheku.com>,

Kaz Kylheku <k...@kylheku.com> wrote:

> On 2011-10-24, Tim Bradshaw <t...@tfeb.org> wrote:
> > Has died.
>
> Wow. Earlier this month we lost Dennis Ritchie.

Two Turing Award winners in one month.

And if you include Steve Jobs, it's 3 significant figures from 3
different generations of computer development -- JMcC from the mainframe
days, Ritchie from minicomputers, and Jobs from microcomputers.

--
Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***

arnuld

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Oct 25, 2011, 1:09:49 AM10/25/11

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> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:46:23 +0100, Tim Bradshaw wrote:

> Has died.

I am so sad, it hurts. Earlier DMR and now Uncle John :(

--
arnuld
http://LispMachine.Wordpress.com

Alberto

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Oct 25, 2011, 3:16:52 AM10/25/11

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rip

István Lakatos

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Oct 25, 2011, 4:22:26 AM10/25/11

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This is a bad year for computer science...

Juanjo Garcia

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Oct 25, 2011, 6:41:45 AM10/25/11

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On Oct 25, 1:46 am, Tim Bradshaw <t...@tfeb.org> wrote:

Sad.
I remember reading an interview in which Josip Broz Tito said the
worst thing about getting old is seeing your children grow old.
(He was around 90 at the time, so his children were around 60-70).
At least, Uncle John was fortunate in seeing his child Lisp being
rejuvenated lately.

Timo Grodzinski

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Oct 25, 2011, 7:02:57 AM10/25/11

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(save-lisp-and-die)

Les Harris

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Oct 25, 2011, 2:38:11 PM10/25/11

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Found this on Hacker News and found it touching:

Here lies a Lisper
Uninterned from this mortal package
Yet not gc'd
While we retain pointers to his memory

--
Do they only stand
By ignorance, is that their happy state,
The proof of their obedience and their faith?

Mirko Vukovic

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Oct 25, 2011, 3:32:54 PM10/25/11

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On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:38:11 PM UTC-4, Les Harris wrote:
> Found this on Hacker News and found it touching:
>
> Here lies a Lisper
> Uninterned from this mortal package
> Yet not gc'd
> While we retain pointers to his memory
>

Brilliant

Tony

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Oct 26, 2011, 3:00:25 PM10/26/11

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On Oct 24, 9:57 pm, Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <20111024203957....@kylheku.com>,

Lisp machine, Unix or Apple who has the best development environment
the battle rage on a higher plane now

Xah Lee

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Oct 28, 2011, 5:56:47 PM10/28/11

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> ... John McCarthy Has died.

do good things when people are alive, not post lament quips when
people are dead. McCarthy died of old age, at 84. During his life, he
had his share of fame and awards. It's natural.

as of today, you could help out Qi Lisp Mark Tarver, or even help out
newLisp and few others by a donation. The ones who are not famous and
could use some help. Many of these geeks live on pennies.

Xah