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␈↓↓␈↓α␈↓β␈↓∧␈↓α␈↓ ¬εSTANFORD UNIVERSITY␈↓ ↓H
␈↓β␈↓ ¬_STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305␈↓ ↓H
␈↓∧ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY␈↓
+ Telephone:␈↓ ↓H
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+415-497-3330␈↓ ↓H
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␈↓↓␈↓ ¬\November 20 1978␈↓ ↓H
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Mr. Harry Shershow␈↓ ↓H
Personal Computing␈↓ ↓H
1050 Commomwealth Avenue␈↓ ↓H
Boston, Mass. 02215␈↓ ↓H
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Dear Mr Shershow:␈↓ ↓H
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␈↓ ↓HJon␈α∞Ryder␈α∞wrote␈α∞a␈α∞GO␈α∞program␈α∞under␈α∞my␈α∞supervision,␈α∞while␈α∞he␈α∞was␈α∞a␈α∞graduate␈α∞student␈α∞here␈α∞at␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓HStanford.␈αThe␈αprogram␈αplayed␈αa␈αvery␈αmediocre␈αgame,␈αalthough␈αnobody␈α
was␈α
able␈α
to␈α
do␈α
any␈α
better,␈α
at␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hleast␈αfor␈α
some␈α
time.␈α
I␈α
do␈α
not␈α
know␈α
anything␈α
about␈α
the␈α
Reitman␈α
program,␈α
however,␈α
and␈α
Reitman␈α
may␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Heasily␈α
have␈α
surpassed␈α
Ryder.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
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␈↓ ↓Hbetter␈α∞by␈α∞now)␈α∞and␈α∞he␈α
was␈α
always␈α
rather␈α
unhappy␈α
with␈α
the␈α
performance␈α
of␈α
his␈α
program.␈α
Like␈α
all␈↓ ↓H
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␈↓ ↓Hintuitive␈α
knowledge␈α
into␈α
a␈α
computer␈α
program␈α
was␈α
far␈α
from␈α
easy.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓HRyder␈α
left␈α
here␈α
to␈α
go␈αto␈αthe␈αBell␈αTelephone␈αLabs.␈αand␈αI␈αbelieve␈αhe␈αis␈αstill␈αthere.␈αI␈αsuggest␈αthat␈αyou␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hwrite␈α
him,␈α
although␈α
he␈α
seems␈α
to␈α
have␈α
lost␈α
interest␈α
in␈α
programming␈α
GO␈α
and␈αmay␈αnot␈αeven␈αhave␈αa␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hcopy␈α∞of␈α
his␈α
old␈α
program␈α
that␈α
he␈α
could␈α
send␈α
you.␈α
Ryder␈α
may␈α
still␈α
be␈α
a␈α
good␈α
source␈α
of␈α
information␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Habout␈α
other␈α
GO␈α
programs␈α
because␈α
of␈α
his␈α
interest␈α
in␈α
GO.␈↓ ↓H
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Sincerely yours,␈↓ εW
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Arthur L, Samuel␈↓ εW
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ALS:pdp10␈↓ ↓H
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