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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
⊗June 15, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. S. Kamal Abdali
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Troy, New York 12181

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Abdali:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α∀have␈α∀long␈α∀been␈α∪interested␈α∀in␈α∀the␈α∀possibility␈α∪of␈α∀a␈α∀programming␈α∀language␈α∀based␈α∪on
␈↓ ↓H␈↓combinators.  Can you spare a copy of your thesis and any relevant reports?


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science