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.

John McCarthy, 1927-2011 John McCarthy died, leaving behind a legacy as the father of AI and a pioneer of the Lisp programming language.

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 ...

Developed by MIT alum John McCarthy in 1959, LISP is one of the oldest programming languages, yet companies including Cadence and Grammarly still use it to build commercial products.

Famed computer scientist Alan Kay called Lisp the "greatest single programming language ever designed." McCarthy also played a major role in the development of time-sharing systems.