[toronto-lisp] RIP John McCarthy

[Christopher Browne]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Rudolf <omouse at gmail.com> wrote:
> Might be too soon to say it, there's only one source on teh Wikipedia page
> about it and it seems like everyone's linking back to the Wikipedia page as
> if it were the source :S
> I hope it's too soon to say it! :(
> -Rudolf O.

There appears to be more authoritative material, though it surely is
not as strong as one might prefer.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3151233
http://chime.in/user/toybuilder/chime/65979187159736320
http://twitter.com/#!/wendyg/status/128584398642757632

Sad news, if true.  And the pioneers are starting to get rather
ancient, so it's likely that there will be more of them passing away
soon, as simple consequence of 'actuarial effects.'
-- 
When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the
question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"