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Mr. Michael Morgan
Addison-Wesley
Reading, MA 01867
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I have known Dr. Stoyan, since he wrote me from East Germany and I met
him in the Soviet Union.  I haven't struggled through very much of his
German text, and, as you can tell from his letter, his written English
still isn't very good.  However, I know that he has done an extremely
conscientious and careful job of consulting everyone who might know
about LISP history and is very fair minded.  I therefore think that
his book should be published and that a substantial number of computer
scientists and laymen interested in computing will find it
interesting.
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Sincerely,
 
   
    
John McCarthy
Professor of Computer Science