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A brief interview with Common Lisp co-creator Dr. Scott Fahlman

A brief interview with Common Lisp creator Dr. Scott Fahlman.
November 11, 2022 — Dr. Scott Fahlman is a Professor Emeritus in the Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science. He is a computer programming language connoisseur and the original neural network jedi master. He was one of the core developers of the Common Lisp Language and his current work include

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