mxb@pyuxf.UUCP (Michael Brochstein) (01/18/88)
In an effort to clean my bookshelves I am willing to give to a worthwhile institution or individual a set of Communications of the ACM from 9/83 to present. First come, first serve. -- Michael Brochstein Currently at Bellcore/PY4-B222 (201) 699-7177-work Piscataway, NJ DISCLAIMER: Bellcore doesn't consult me in most matters.
major@pyrmania.oz (MAJOR) (03/02/90)
A while ago I joined many others in flaming Communications of the ACM for being "watered down". I said amongst other things that the onlt things that could possibly be usefull to all the members of such a large organization was ACM news & the calendar. Credit where credit is due: The December 1989 issue's cover story "The Cruelty of Teaching Computer Science" which centers around a essay of the same name by Edsger Dijkstra, is good value. BTQ: My current signature contains a quote from Dijkstra's essay but it was only an aside: it should not be regarded as a summary. -- Major | if we wish to count lines of code, we should regard major@pyrmania.oz.au | them not as "lines produced" but as "lines spent". | the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as | to book them on the wrong side of the ledger - EWD