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InfoQ Homepage Interviews John McCarthy on Elephant 2000, Lisp, Ruby and the Computer Industry

John McCarthy on Elephant 2000, Lisp, Ruby and the Computer Industry

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John McCarthy received the Turing Award in 1971 for his major contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence. He was responsible for coining the term "Artificial Intelligence" in 1955, invented the Lisp programming language and pioneered time-sharing. John McCarthy is currently Professor Emeritus at Stanford University.

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