∂03-SEP-74  2042		OK,TES network site MAXC
 Next time that bad font width happens, respond P to the
 error and you will be conversing with PUB.  Type BURP INPUT
 and see what is going on -- If there is something of the form
 LABEL:COUNTERNAME then this is a bug I know about that has not been
 fixed at SU yet.  But I don't think that is it.  Next type
 THISFONT and see that you have the font number you wanted.  Also
 check THISLINE to see where PUB is up to in the line, and LMARG,
 RMARG, INDENT1, INDENT2, and INDENT3.  If you can't figure out
 the problem still, thhen jot down the relevent data and send me another
 
 nmessage.  If it is a bug of yours, then it involves being in a
 different font than the one you thought you were in, and that
 font does not have the desired character.  If it is a bug of
 mine, then I don't have any idea what yet, but I am willing to look
 during the next couple of weeks (but not after that).
 
 Along with RMARG, etc., do check CHAR, CHARS, LINE and LINES, and
 CHARW.  In other words, find out all you can about PUB's state.
 Reply to TESLER%MAXC

∂02-SEP-74  1109		FOO,DBA
 I sent my previous note to everyone who gets this one.  The distribution
 list is SOFT.DIS and I will collect replies into SOFT.ANS.  Let me know
 if you think someone should be added to the distribution list.
 						Bruce
␈ CC: @SOFT.DIS:JMC,LES,TOB,CCG,RWW,TW,JH,DAV,HJE,TVR,JRA,REG,JBR,BH,RHT,DBL,MOORE%MAXC,DBA%SU-AI

∂01-SEP-74  2106		FOO,DBA
 The file SOFT[FOO,DBA]  is a memo  of a few pages  entitled "Software
 goals at/for Stanford AI  Lab".  In it I put forward the opinion that
 (to quote)
 
 	"...  the  quality  of  software  ...  and  of  the   art  of
 programming, are in a poor state at the project."
 
 It is intended to be relevant to  current plans to expend a good deal
 of resources  on writing a new monitor.  I would be very glad of your
 reactions/comments/opinions to/on/of it.  Scribble on a copy (you may
 find  a copy  in your  mailbox),   or edit  the file  with E  and put
 (signed!) comments between <crlf>// and <crlf>.
 
 	 Bruce Anderson