Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!whuxle!mit-eddie!gumby From: gumby@mit-eddie.UUCP (David Vinayak Wallace) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: SHRDLU and other old programs from the MIT AI lab Message-ID: <1408@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 08:59:08 EST Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.1408 Posted: Thu Mar 8 08:59:08 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Mar-84 02:14:51 EST Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 14 As someone who rummages through old programs here, let me tell you that contacting the ai lab will do you no good. SHRDLU was written in 1970; therefore its sources may safely be considered lost in antiquity. It's not clear to me what good the sources would do you; maclisp in 1970 had just aquired function cells; code written in it often looked strange by modern standards and most certainly would not come even close to running. I tried resurecting a 5-year-old maclisp program once (Rabbit), and could not do it. You can send Terry arpanet mail at su-score (winograd@score) if you think it might help. david