RIP John McCarthy

[BitBlt]

John McCarthy, father of the LISP programming language and giant in the AI community, has passed away at the age of 84. Rest in Peace.

http://www.slashgear.com/grandfather-of-artificial-intelligence-john-mccarthy-passes-away-25190622/

[kurohige]

T.T.. may he rest in peace.

[sergent]

3 great computer people died this month! McCarthy contributed so much to A.I.!
Lisp is on top of my languages-to-learn list.

R.I.P. :(

[~s.o.s~]

Indeed; RIP John and thanks a lot for your contributions to the computing world. :(

[cwarn23]

OMG Who's next? Dani? Please tell me your in good health dani! :( RIP

[cwarn23]

OMG Who's next? Dani? Please tell me your in good health dani! :( RIP

Don't tell me it's RIP dani now :( It's been over 24 hours and no response.

[~s.o.s~]

cwarn23, please don't sidetrack the topic in consideration but posting off-topic replies. You have officially diverted the "RIP John" thread with comments which would be thought of by some as "borderline online stalking".

[cwarn23]

cwarn23, please don't sidetrack the topic in consideration but posting off-topic replies. You have officially diverted the "RIP John" thread with comments which would be thought of by some as "borderline online stalking".

Ok, I guess we don't want another topic like in Area 51 so lets continue with our RIP John McCarthy