wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bill Wolfe) (10/11/89)
For some reason, there is not yet an ACM Special Interest Group
on object-oriented programming!! Therefore, I am including below
the ACM SIG startup advertisement from page 1160 of the current CACM:
If ACM doesn't have a Special Interest Group (SIG) in your
area of interest, the SIG Board would like you to start one.
A SIG can be formed by ACM members who have the desire to
pursue significant activities in a computing specialty. ACM
is eager to respond to the interests of the membership and
evolution of the computer field. There are many experienced
SIG volunteers and headquarters staff people willing to help
you start a new SIG.
For further information and a copy of the "SIG Start-up Kit" contact:
Fred Aronson, Manager, SIG Activities
ACM, Inc., 11 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
(212) 869-7440, FredA@ACMVM.BITNET
Suggested name: SIGOBJ, Special Interest Group for
Object-Oriented Software Systems
Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edujohnson@p.cs.uiuc.edu (10/13/89)
There has been a lot of discussion by people interested in o-o activities about whether the ACM should form a special SIG for it. OOPSLA is sponsored by SIGPLAN, so the ACM has been active in some ways, at least. The general feeling seems to be that there is no need for this. In a half dozen years we will all be doing object-oriented programming, and there will be no more need for a SIG on OOP than there is for one on structured programming.