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\F1\COct 2, 1978







Carl Helmers, Editor-in-Chief
Byte Publications
70 Main St.
Peterborough NH, 03458


Dear Carl:

\JGot your letter; sounds  good. I will  be glad to  produce a \F5LISP  vs
Pascal\F1 article for the Feb. BYTE.   The August (august?) LISP issue  is
also exciting.   How  does  the  following proposal  sound:  a  series  of
articles on LISP --the language and its implementation-- during the  year,
with the August issue being contributed papers on various aspects of  LISP
--applications, theory, machines, and future directions. I can supply  the
series and (hopefully) I can organize and prod the LISPers to produce  the
articles.   I  say  "hopefully"  since  organizing  LISP  people  is  like
organizing cats!  I will get a lot of practice in prodding since I am also
trying to organize a LISP conference for 1980.

Here are some topics  which might be august articles and personages who might
be brow-beatable: