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


From: Alaric Snell-Pym
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] OT but of interest I think
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:22:37 +0100
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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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Alaric Snell-Pym
http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/
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