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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4971␈↓ 	zAugust 15, 1975




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Peter Ingerman
␈↓ ↓H␈↓40 Needlepoint Lane
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Willingboro, New Jersey 08046

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Peter:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αsuggest␈αthat␈α␈↓↓Computing␈α
Reviews␈↓␈αreview␈αcomputers␈αas␈α
well␈αas␈αbooks␈αand␈α
articles.␈α My␈αidea␈αis␈α
that
␈↓ ↓H␈↓these␈αreviews␈αbe␈α
based␈αon␈αthe␈α
manufacturer's␈αoperating␈αmanuals␈α
but␈αthat␈αthe␈α
point␈αof␈αconcern␈α
 be
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈αquality␈α
of␈αthe␈α
computer␈αand␈α
only␈αincidentally␈α
of␈αthe␈α
documentation␈αitself.␈α
 My␈αidea␈α
is␈αthat␈α
this
␈↓ ↓H␈↓would lead to the development and basic discussion of criteria for judging computers.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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