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∂22-DEC-75 0127 FTP:GLS at MIT-AI
Date: 22 DEC 1975 0426-EST
From: GLS at MIT-AI
To: JRA at SU-AI
I would like very much to read a copy of your book.
If you are interested in a poem, might I suggest
TGQ;TREE POEM @ MIT-ML ? Or maybe I will be inspired by reading
the book. I've not done too much about GC lately,
but be it known that I and Sussman have been hacking
with a new LISP-like interpreter, worrying about
implementation and semantics. You might try reading
GJS;SCHDOC MEMO @ MIT-AI (it is in XGP form -- the TJ6 source
is GJS;SCHDOC >).
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∂23-DEC-75 1117 FTP:GLS at MIT-AI
Date: 23 DEC 1975 1415-EST
From: GLS at MIT-AI
To: jra at SU-AI
Okay, my address is:
Guy L. Steele Jr.
MIT Project MAC
Room 834
545 Technology Square
Cambridge, Mass 02139
Thanks muchly for opportunity to see wonderful new lisp book.
-- Guy
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∂30-DEC-75 0556 FTP:GLS at MIT-ML
Date: 30 DEC 1975 0856-EST
From: GLS at MIT-ML
Subject: LISP MACHINE
To: JRA at SU-AI
WELL, GREENBLATT HAS BEEN OUT OF TOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS
FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND BEFORE THAT HE HAS BEEN HACKING THE
CHESS MACHINE MOSTLY. I HAVE SEEN THE LISP MACHINE PERFORM
BYTE DEPOSITS, ETC. (I.E. THE MICROCODE WORKS), BUT I'M
NOT SURE IF THE MAIN MEMORY HAS BEEN HOOKED UP YET. ALSO IT
HAS NO PERIPHERALS RIGHT NOW -- IT HANGS OFF A PDP-11, WHICH
IN TURN IS INTERFACED TO MIT-AI PDP-10.
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∂01-JAN-76 0639 FTP:GLS at MIT-ML
Date: 1 JAN 1976 0940-EST
From: GLS at MIT-ML
To: JRA at SU-AI
BOOK ARRIVED YESTERDAY IN FINE CONDITION. I WILL GUARD IT
WITH MY LIFE FROM XEROX MACHINES. IT IS INDEED ALREADY QUITE
BIG -- I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU PUT DATA BASES, ETC. IN VOLUME 2.
I'VE NOT READ MORE THAN A FEW PAGES; YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR MORE
FROM ME AS I PROGRESS. JUST GLANCING THROUGH IT THOUGH, IT LOOKS
LIKE THE BOOK I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS TO SEE. HAVE A HAPPY
NEW YEAR.
-- GUY
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∂19-JAN-76 1220 FTP:GLS at MIT-ML
Date: 19 JAN 1976 1519-EST
From: GLS at MIT-ML
To: JRA at SU-AI
I HAVE BEEN SLOWLY BUT SURELY PLOWING THROUGH THE BOOK.
RIGHT NOW I'VE ABOUT FINISHED CHAPTER 2, BUT MY PACE SHOULD
ACCELERATE NOW THAT MID-JANUARY PWE EXAMS ARE OVER.
I THINK THE APPROACH IS INTERESTING, BUT THERE ARE SOME BUGS.
I'VE LOST YOUR MAILING ADDRESS, SO IF YOU'LL ARPA-MAIL IT
TO ME, I'LL MAIL YOU BACK THE PAGES CHAPTER BY CHAPTER,
WITH TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS AND AMUSING COMMENTARY BY
YOURS TRULY.
BY THE WAY, MACRAKIS TELLS ME YOU'LL BE SENDING HIM A COPY?
(GOOD LUCK, HE WILL BITCH EVEN WORSE THAN I WILL.)
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