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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	↑February 12, 1981 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Nico Habermann
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Computer Science Dept.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Carnegie-Mellon University
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Pittsburgh, PA

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Habermann:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
can␈α
heartily␈α
recommend␈α
Dick␈α
Gabriel␈α
as␈α
a␈α
creative,␈α
diligent,␈α
helpful␈α
and␈α
friendly␈αsystem
␈↓ ↓H␈↓programmer.␈α∞ I␈α∂don't␈α∞know␈α∞what␈α∂we'll␈α∞do␈α∂about␈α∞Maclisp␈α∞here␈α∂when␈α∞he␈α∞leaves.␈α∂ I␈α∞think␈α∂he␈α∞will
␈↓ ↓H␈↓strengthen any research group in which he participates.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
would␈α
try␈α
to␈α
say␈α
something␈α
about␈α
his␈α
thesis␈α
too,␈α
but␈α
he␈α
hasn't␈α
provided␈α
me␈α
with␈α
a␈αcopy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓yet, and he asked me for the above recommendation, which I can give from present knowledge.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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