Re: Lisp, 50th Birthday
- From: Rainer Joswig <joswig@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 20:29:37 +0200
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<5c6e8b22-3da1-4cd5-90d3-8114406a22a0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
howard yeh <hayeah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I suppose one could say that "first publication" of lisp is sort of
like saying "i am pregnant" without having given birth yet. First
implementation seems a closer analogy.
"November 28 through December 1 1989."
Next year? Do we agree on this? I wouldn't like it if 2000 years from
now people would say, nope, Lisp was ACTUALLY born on 4 A.L. (After
Lisp), and NOT on November 28th.
Half serious: Lisp has been discovered, not invented.
Then the date of the first steps on the new continent counts. ;-)
Well, we've got a year to buy all the booze we need.
On May 31, 4:08 am, Zach Beane <x...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
howard yeh <hay...@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
I just realized.
Wikipedia: "Lisp was invented by John McCarthy in 1958..."
On which day should I open the champagne and party?
MIT held a 30th anniversary celebration in late November, 1989.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.scheme/msg/4286ffcd59058f6d
Zach
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