1@node Acknowledgements, Overview, Top, Top
2@unnumbered Acknowledgements
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4While "a cast of thousands" may be an overstatement, it is certainly the
5case that this document represents the work of many people.  First and
6foremost, thanks go to the authors of the @cite{Revised^4 Report on the
7Algorithmic Language Scheme}, from which much of this document is
8derived.  Thanks also to BBN Advanced Computers Inc.@: for the use of
9parts of their @cite{Butterfly Scheme Reference}, and to Margaret
10O'Connell for translating it from BBN's text-formatting language to
11ours.
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13Special thanks to Richard Stallman, Bob Chassell, and Brian Fox, all of
14the Free Software Foundation, for creating and maintaining the Texinfo
15formatting language in which this document is written.
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17This report describes research done at the Artificial Intelligence
18Laboratory and the Laboratory for Computer Science, both of the
19Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Support for this research is
20provided in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the
21Department of Defense and by the National Science Foundation.
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