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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓
⊃April 15, 1983
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. C. Gordon Bell
␈↓ ↓H␈↓The Computer Museum
␈↓ ↓H␈↓One Iron Way
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ Marlboro, MA 01752
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Gordon:
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ Thanks␈αfor␈αyour␈αletter␈αof␈αMarch␈α21.␈α I␈αwas␈αsorry␈αto␈αhear␈αfrom␈αEd␈αFeigenbaum␈αabout␈αyour
␈↓ ↓H␈↓illness, and I hope you're better now.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ I␈αwould␈αwelcome␈αthe␈αopportunity␈α
to␈αgive␈αlecture␈αat␈αthe␈α
Computer␈αMuseum␈αon␈αthe␈αhistory␈α
of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓LISP.␈α
Friday␈α
May␈α
13␈α
is␈αa␈α
possible␈α
day,␈α
because␈α
I␈α
will␈αbe␈α
in␈α
the␈α
Boston␈α
area␈α
that␈αweekend␈α
anyway
␈↓ ↓H␈↓for␈α∂Richard␈α∂Solomon's␈α⊂videotaping␈α∂session␈α∂on␈α⊂the␈α∂history␈α∂of␈α∂time-sharing.␈α⊂ If␈α∂this␈α∂is␈α⊂too␈α∂soon,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓another occasion will surely arise.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ I␈αdon't␈α
have␈αany␈α
tangible␈αsouvenirs␈αof␈α
the␈αhistory␈α
of␈αLISP␈αexcept␈α
possibly␈αsome␈α
photos␈αof
␈↓ ↓H␈↓people.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science