Re: The death John McCarthy

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Ned,

On Oct 28, 2011, at 8:17 AM, ned+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> First, as someone who chartered the working group, who has implemented Lisp
>> (the programming language) at least four times, and who views Dr. McCarthy as a
>> hero I disagree that name is problematic or disrespectful. And I almost take
>> offense in the claim that this is a generational thing.
> 
> I didn't charter the group and I've only done two Lisp implementations, but
> aside from that, +1. (Or should I say "t" instead?)
> 
> And frankly, if there's disrespect to be found here, IMO it lies in using this
> sad event as a proxy to criticize some IETF work some people apparently don't
> like.


Just to be clear, my request was limited to the name.  I said nothing about the work itself.

Bob

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