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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	dDecember 5, 1975




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Prof. John W. Carr III
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Moore School
␈↓ ↓H␈↓University of Pennsylvania
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear John:

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the␈αhistory␈αof␈αprogramming␈αlanguages␈αand␈α
the␈αproblem
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ones,␈αI␈αremember␈α
my␈αold␈αview␈αthat␈α
the␈αALGOL␈αCommittee␈α
didn't␈αdo␈αwhat␈αit␈α
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vehicle␈α
for␈α
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by␈α
the␈α
members␈α
of␈α
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 I␈α
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓to other committee projects to develop languages.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        In␈αthat␈αconnection,␈αI␈αrecall␈αthat␈αwhen␈αyou␈αwere␈αPresident␈αof␈αACM,␈αyou␈αgave␈αthe␈αAmerican
␈↓ ↓H␈↓delegation to the Committee some instructions.  Do you have any record of what they were?


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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