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November 10, 2011artificial intelligence, C, computation, computational intelligence, computer science, Dennis Ritchie, John McCarthy, LISP, programming, steve jobs, UNIX

Ritchie and McCarthy

With all the hipster hype accorded to Steve Jobs on his passing, there are two names that are being overlooked – Dennis Ritchie and John McCarthy. Here is their obituary from The Economist.