I'd be interested... I saw John McCarthy talk at OOPSLA in Montreal last year.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Andrew Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm, > We could celebrate with a presentation on LISP. I would be interested at > least. > > Andy > > On Oct 9, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Thomas Hicks wrote: > > "In October 1958, John McCarthy published one in a series of > reports about his then ongoing effort for designing a new > programming language that would be especially suited for > achieving artificial intelligence. That report was the first one to > use the name LISP for this new programming language. > 50 years later, Lisp is still in use. This year we are celebrating > Lisp's 50th birthday." > -from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page > > http://www.lisp50.org/ > > The influence that Lisp and it's offspring have had and > continue to have on the development of programming > languages is remarkable. > cheers, > -tom > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Andrew Barton > eBlox, Inc. > > > 512.867.1001 x101 > > > Check out the new Free Distributor Resource Center (including an online > directory of more than 1200 > Suppliers)! http://www.distributorresourcecenter.com > > > >
