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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
⊗June 13, 1977 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Paul Gold≡nch
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Administrative Assistant
␈↓ ↓H␈↓University of Edinburgh
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Old College
␈↓ ↓H␈↓South Bridge
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Edinburgh
␈↓ ↓H␈↓EH8 9YL SCOTLAND

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Gold≡nch:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓In␈α∞terms␈α
of␈α∞knolwedge␈α∞of␈α
arti≡cial␈α∞intelligence␈α
and␈α∞mathematical␈α∞theory␈α
of␈α∞computation,␈α∞I␈α
think
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr.␈α⊃Burstall␈α∩is␈α⊃the␈α⊃strongest␈α∩of␈α⊃the␈α⊃Edinburgh␈α∩group.␈α⊃ I␈α⊃believe␈α∩that␈α⊃his␈α⊃work␈α∩in␈α⊃automatic
␈↓ ↓H␈↓program generation is up with the best of it, but I have not followed this ≡eld in some time.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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