John McCarthy, Creator of LISP Died At 84

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The creator of Lisp and arguably the father of modern artificial intelligence, John McCarthy, died last night. He studied mathematics with the famous John Nash at Princeton and, notably, held the first "computer-chess" match between scientists in the US and the USSR. He transmitted the moves by telegraph.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/creator-of-lisp-john-mccarthy-dead-at-84/