John McCarthy, 1927-2011

[NickJohnson]

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/creato ... ead-at-84/

I really hate to be the bearer of bad news. I am pretty sure that this has been one of the darkest months in the history of computing. I have nothing more to say.

[Love4Boobies]

I really hate to be the bearer of bad news.

Don't worry about that, most of us use news feeds

[Coty]

Wow... RIP... this is truly a dark month...

[NickJohnson]

Well, the irony in this is that I was just reading Practical Common Lisp and it said he was still alive, which surprised me. Then I did a search on his name... bad timing.

[bonch]

Apparently the grim reaper has computer scientists on his roll this month. Very said.

[Combuster]

There's an IT department open in Heaven just this October.

Hmm, is it now its safe to become multitheist with all those extra deities up there?

[ACcurrent]

Looks like the gods got jealous of our tech and called in stevie first. But when they found that steve was nothing more than a marketing stunt they got pissed. So they called ritchie in, but ritchie needed help from some other person for AI so they call McCarthy in. Whos next? Berners Lee, Wozniak?

[bonch]

Personally I'm hoping it's Ballmer.

[sandras]

Wow Dennis Ritchie is dead? Did not know that. Don't actually read any news. Neither IT nor general. It's sad as I like the Unix philosophy and C. Rest in peace.