compilers-request@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) (05/01/91)
NOTE: This is a monthly repost of the message about the printed version of
the 1990 comp.compilers message.
Comp.compilers 1990 Annual
Edited by John R. Levine
The Comp.compilers 1990 Annual is a printed edition of the messages posted
to the usenet newsgroup comp.compilers in 1990. Usenet is an informal
distributed electronic bulletin board system connecting thousands of
computers around the world. Most of the systems attached to it run some
version of Unix, though others systems ranging from MS-DOS personal
computers to Cray mainframes now participate. Comp.compilers is a
moderated usenet news group addressing the topics of compilers in
particular and programming language design and implementation in general.
It started in 1986 as a moderated mailing list, but interest quickly grew
to the point where it was promoted to a news group. Recent topics have
included optimization techniques, language design issues, announcements of
new compiler tools, and book reviews.
Messages come from a wide variety of people ranging from undergraduate
students to well-known experts in industry and academia. Authors live all
over the world - there are regular messages from the U.S, Canada, Europe,
Australia, and Japan, with occasional ones from as far away as Malaysia.
The anarchic nature of usenet makes it impossible to tell how large the
readership is, but the total is probably in the tens of thousands.
The book's contents include 807 of the year's total 914 messages, leaving
out only administrative messages and unanswered questions. The messages
themselves are unedited except for removing boilerplate header and trailer
lines.
The book is 604 pages, each 11 x 8.5 inches with two pages of text side by
side in reasonably legible 8 point type. Messages are grouped by topic
(C, optimization, book reviews, etc.) and within each topic messages in a
thread are grouped together. There is a permuted subject index, a keyword
index, and an author index. The book is GBC bound, a plastic spiral
binding that lies flat.
Pricing
The price is $40 per book, plus $2 sales tax for copies delivered in
Massachusetts, plus appropriate postage and packaging per copy:
Pick up in Cambridge free | Foreign surface $10
U.S. surface $3 | Foreign airmail:
U.S. priority $5 | Americas $12
U.S. Federal Express $20 | Europe $20
Canada surface $7 | All other $30
No further discounts apply on single copies of the book, as this price is
pre-discounted from the list price of $50. Quantity discounts and
shipping charges for large or unusual orders can be negotiated.
How to order
All orders must be prepaid. Send a check payable to I.E.C.C. along with
the delivery address. We cannot take purchase orders, credit cards, or
COD orders. Foreign orders must be prepaid in U.S. dollars, preferably by
a check on a U.S. bank, but anything our bank can handle is acceptable.
(They charge $20 extra for foreign checks and $5 for incoming bank wires.)
The mailing address is:
I.E.C.C.
P.O. Box 349
Cambridge MA 02238-0349
The book is also available at list price from a local bookstore, Quantum
Books. Being a real bookstore, they take credit cards and the like.
Contact them at +1 617 494 5042 for details.
The book has ISBN 0-944954-02-2, and is under the imprint of Center Book
Publishers, Inc.
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