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␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧␈↓ ¬X846 Lathrop Drive
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧␈↓ ¬'Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 857-0672␈↓ 

August 5, 1980




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Al Fenaughty
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Information International
␈↓ ↓H␈↓5933 Slauson Ave.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Culver City, CA 90230

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Al:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈αStanford␈αComputer␈αScience␈αDepartment␈αis␈αnow␈αusing␈αthe␈αC␈αlanguage␈αfor␈αthe␈αMotorola
␈↓ ↓H␈↓68000␈α∂cross␈α∂compiled␈α∂on␈α∂the␈α∂VAX.␈α∂ I␈α∂have␈α∂seen␈α∂the␈α∂≡rst␈α∂object␈α∂programs␈α∂running.␈α⊂ They␈α∂are
␈↓ ↓H␈↓using␈αthe␈αMotorola␈αdevelopment␈αboard␈αand␈αhave␈αconnected␈αit␈αto␈αthe␈αVAX␈αso␈αthat␈αprograms␈αcan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓be␈α⊂down␈α⊂loaded␈α⊃after␈α⊂compilation.␈α⊂ The␈α⊃C␈α⊂manual␈α⊂is␈α⊂commercially␈α⊃available␈α⊂and␈α⊂are␈α⊃sold␈α⊂in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓bookstores including the Stanford bookstore.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α
C␈α
compiler␈α
being␈α
used␈α
here␈αwas␈α
apparently␈α
developed␈α
at␈α
M.I.T.,␈α
though␈α
Stanford␈αgot␈α
it
␈↓ ↓H␈↓through␈α∪Carnegie-Mellon.␈α∀ If␈α∪you␈α∪like␈α∀I␈α∪will␈α∪≡nd␈α∀out␈α∪to␈α∪whom␈α∀one␈α∪should␈α∪inquire␈α∀for␈α∪its
␈↓ ↓H␈↓commercial␈α
use,␈αalthough␈α
Ed␈αmay␈α
be␈αable␈α
to␈α
≡nd␈αout␈α
more␈αeasily.␈α
 Almost␈αcertainly␈α
the␈αcompiler␈α
is
␈↓ ↓H␈↓written in C and will therefore run on any computer for which C is available.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        This seems like the right way to go.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy