Re: [Chicken-users] OT but of interest I think

2011-10-26 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
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On 10/25/2011 05:22 PM, John Cowan wrote:
 Matt Welland scripsit:

 Father of Lisp John McCarthy has died:
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/24/father_lisp_ai_john_mccarthy_dies

 R7RS will be dedicated to his memory.


He was also instrumental in the development of the Space Fountain, an
idea that may one day make space travel widely affordable:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_fountain

...in frickin' Lisp-powered spacecraft, I hope ;-)

MY OTHER CDR IS A TRANS-ORBITAL SHUTTLE etc.

ABS

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[Chicken-users] OT but of interest I think

2011-10-25 Thread Matt Welland
For those who've not already seen or heard:

Father of Lisp John McCarthy has died:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/24/father_lisp_ai_john_mccarthy_dies
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Re: [Chicken-users] OT but of interest I think

2011-10-25 Thread John Cowan
Matt Welland scripsit:

 Father of Lisp John McCarthy has died:
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/24/father_lisp_ai_john_mccarthy_dies

R7RS will be dedicated to his memory.

-- 
John Cowanco...@ccil.orghttp://ccil.org/~cowan
Objective consideration of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion
that optimum or inadequate performance in the trend of competitive
activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity,
but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be
taken into account. --Ecclesiastes 9:11, Orwell/Brown version

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