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∂23-DEC-75  1129	FTP:MACRAK at MIT-ML
Date: 23 DEC 1975 1429-EST
From: MACRAK at MIT-ML
To: JRA at SU-AI

HELLO, MY NAME IS STAVROS MACRAKIS.  I HAVE BEEN HERE AT ML FOR ABOUT
5 YEARS (AND HAVE WORKED ON SMALL PARTS OF LISP AND OF COURSE MACSYMA.
I SAW THAT YOU ARE WRITING A BOOK ABOUT LISP.  IT CERTAINLY IS TIME
FOR A DECENT WORK ABOUT IT--SOME PEOPLE ARE SO DESPARATE THAT MIT
PRESS PUT THE III BOOK OUT AGAIN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO!  THE ONLY
OTHER BOOKS, I SUPPOSE, ARE LISP 1.5 AND WEISSMAN.  ARE YOU PLANNING
TO DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION DECISIONS IN DESIGNING LISPS?  AND THE
VARIOUS LISPS THAT EXIST NOW?  WILL IT BE A TUTORIAL AS WELL?  WE
REALLY NEED A GOOD INTRODUCTION, ALTHOUGH I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF PEOPLE WORKING ON AND OFF ON AN INTRODUCTION.  I WOULD CLAIM CREDIT
FOR SOME SMALL PARTS OF MACLISP AS IT IS, BUT AS I DIDN'T IMPLEMENT
MOST OF THOSE THINGS MYSELF, I HAVE NO RIGHT (SOME WOULD SAY THAT THE
IDEAS WERE COLLECTIVE, AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE RIGHT).
IN ANY CASE, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THE BOOK (WHO WILL BE 
PUBLISHING IT, AND WHEN?) AND, IF I MAY BE SO BOLD, I WOULD OFFER MY
SERVICES AS READER.
SINCERELY YOURS,

STAVROS MACRAKIS
(MACRAK @ MIT-ML)
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∂24-DEC-75  1027	FTP:MACRAK at MIT-ML
Date: 24 DEC 1975 1327-EST
From: MACRAK at MIT-ML
To: JRA at SU-AI

THANK YOU FOR YOUR NOTE.
IF YOU WOULD SEND ME A COPY, I WILL KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE XEROX
MACHINE, OF COURSE.  MY MAILING ADDRESS IS
STAVROS MACRAKIS
ROOM NE43-800F
M.I.T. PROJECT MAC (ALTHOUGH THEY'RE CHANGING THIS TO "LABORATORY
			FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE")
545 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139
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