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The Birth of LISP Language (1958)

    John McCarthy invents LISP, a programming language designed specifically for symbolic artificial intelligence and recursive data manipulation. It becomes the dominant standard environment for early AI research for decades.

    Part of the 31 Structural Foundations: The Dawn of Computation and Cybernetics Edition archive. HistoricallyVerified

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