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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	YSeptember 6, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓V.J. Shiner, Jr.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Indiana University
␈↓ ↓H␈↓104 Kirkwood Hall
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Bloomington, Indiana 47401

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dean Shiner:

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓of␈α∞them␈α∞previously␈α∞-␈α∞and␈α∞I␈α∞think␈α∞that␈α
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to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓computer science.  I am sorry I haven't time to go further into the bibliography.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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