John McCarthy, a computer scientist who invented the Lisp programming language and a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI), has died aged 84.

John McCarthy, the creator of the Lisp programming language and a pioneer in artificial intelligence, has died. He was 84.

John McCarthy, best known for coining the term “artificial intelligence” over five decades ago and inventing the programming language Lisp, died on Oct. 23. He was 84 years old.

Steele tries to bring back McCarthy’s memories from 1956-1958 when he started thinking about “an algebraic list processing language for artificial intelligence work on the IBM 704 computer”.

Tech titan John McCarthy passed away on Sunday at the age of 84. The American computer scientist created the Lisp computer programming language in 1958 and coined the term “artificial ...

McCarthy, on the other hand, is the father of Lisp, one of the earliest programming languages. In many ways, C and Lisp are opposites in terms of design, implementation, and approach.

Meanwhile, his Lisp programming language, which he invented in 1958, underpinned the development of voice recognition technology.

While at MIT, McCarthy developed LISP, which became the standard programming language of the artificial intelligence community, but would also permeate the computing world at large.

John McCarthy, creator of the Lisp programming language and pioneer in utility computing —the forerunner of today’s cloud computing—died Sunday in Stanford, California.