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John McCarthy, 1927-2011
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:47 pm
by 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.
Re: John McCarthy, 1927-2011
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:57 pm
by Love4Boobies
NickJohnson wrote:I really hate to be the bearer of bad news.
Don't worry about that, most of us use news feeds
Re: John McCarthy, 1927-2011
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:52 pm
by Coty
Wow... RIP... this is truly a dark month...
Re: John McCarthy, 1927-2011
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:13 pm
by 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.
Re: John McCarthy, 1927-2011
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:11 am
by bonch
Apparently the grim reaper has computer scientists on his roll this month. Very said.
Re: John McCarthy, 1927-2011
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:18 pm
by Combuster
berkus wrote: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?
Re: John McCarthy, 1927-2011
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:43 am
by 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?
Re: John McCarthy, 1927-2011
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:06 am
by bonch
Personally I'm hoping it's Ballmer.
Re: John McCarthy, 1927-2011
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:04 pm
by 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.