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In the Shadow of John McCarthy

John McCarthy was a genius of the highest order. Much is known about his contribution to Lisp as its inventor, but he was also the mind behind much of early AI research, the progenitor of much of computer chess, and the initiator of time-sharing. As a Lisp advocate I have many thanks due to John McCarthy and it…
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Programming LanguagesHistory & Retro Computing2011

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Nov 3, 2011In the Shadow of John McCarthy by llambda1013

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