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.

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.

Bel proves LISP still has value in 2019 October 14, 2019 - 9:27 am Paul Graham is perhaps best known for two things: co-founding Y Combinator, and his tireless advocacy of LISP programming languages.

Comcast Software Engineer Daisy Kid Henderson explains how LISP helped her team with a unique challenge.

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.