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- The Association of C & C++ Users
- The Organisation for Professional C & C++ Users - From Novice to Expert
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- Who are The Association of C & C++ Users?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- ACCU is a community of people with an interest in the C family of programming
- languages. This family includes:
-
- o K&R C
- o ISO-C (a.k.a. ANSI-C)
- o C++
-
- The community includes professional programmers, the suppliers of compilers, and
- those who are 'just interested' in the languages. ACCU members are using C and
- C++ on a wide range of platforms - UNIX, DOS, OS/2, CP/M - home computers, PCs,
- workstations and super-computers.
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- Although the organisation is based in the UK, the membership is worldwide.
- There are members in the US, mainland Europe, Russia, the Middle East and
- Australia.
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- Why join The Association of C & C++ Users?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- There are many reasons...
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- o Access to a network of people who are interested in C and C++ related
- products.
- o Sharing experience and ideas.
- o Reviews of books, compilers, function libraries, development tools, etc.
- o Discounts from suppliers of C/C++ related products and services.
- o Monitoring of (and involvement in) the standardisation efforts of
- BSI/ISO.
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- If C or C++ is important to you - then you belong with us. (It's important to
- Microsoft, Borland and Clarion - they are among our active corporate members.)
-
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- What does The Association of C & C++ Users do?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Its primary aim is to provide support for members - this takes a number of
- forms.
-
- o C Vu
- ~~~~~~
- Our bi-monthly journal C Vu contains reviews of software and books, articles,
- opinions and news. The material covers a wide range of experience - from novice
- to expert - and a wide variety of interests.
-
- A supplementary diskette which accompanies each issue is available. This
- contains source code relating to the articles and a variety of other 'goodies'.
-
- o Handbook (and directory of members)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Published annually, this provides each member with:
- o A copy of the constitution.
- o Contact information for members of the committee.
- o Contact information for experts willing to help you with problems.
- o Details of discounts and special relationships with suppliers.
- o An index of books reviewed in C Vu.
- o A list of members.
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- o Tutorials
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- The ACCU runs a series of one or two day weekend workshop tutorials which are
- led by experts and provided at a minimal cost (typical price 15 pounds sterling
- per day). Example topics are: "Exploring the Standard C Library", "Introduction
- to C++" and "C++ Coding Standards".
-
- o Digest of book reviews
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Over 650 books have been reviewed in C Vu, at least 85% of which relate directly
- to C and/or C++. A diskette containing the text of all of these reviews is
- available to members at a small cost.
-
- o C++ Special Interest Group
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A Special Interest Group concentrating on C++ publishes its own journal
- Overload, which comes with a supplementary diskette. It includes articles on
- topics as widely varied as compiler reviews, C++ standardisation progress
- reports, object-oriented and C++ programming techniques, and interviews with
- prominent people in the C++ "world".
-
- o The C Acorn User Group
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Another Special Interest Group is dedicated to those interested in the use of C
- and C++ on RISC OS platforms. It supports the use of the Easy C/C++, Desktop
- C/C++ and GCC compilers as well as the RISC_OSLib and DeskLib libraries through
- a bi-monthly 16+ page journal - CAUGers. The main RISC OS compiler suppliers,
- Acorn and Beebug, are both members of this SIG.
-
- o ISO Standards Development Forum
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Those interested in the C and C++ standardisation processes may join the ISO
- Standards Development Forum. The ACCU provides these members with access to
- current standardisation material and a bi-yearly standards briefing letter.
- The supplement includes a donation to a fund that provides assistance to those
- attending standardisation meetings. You can affect the way that your
- programming language develops!
-
- o Services Under Development
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Other services are currently under development. These include:
- o Other SIGS with their own additional magazines or newsletters.
- o Software Database of information about tools, utilities, libraries etc.
- of interest to C/C++ users.
- o National Agents to help establish active groups in other countries.
- Germany already has one.
-
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- How much does it cost to join?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- The ACCU is a non-profit making organisation that is run by volunteers - you
- only pay for the production of the journals and disks, and administration costs.
- As an example, the cost of basic membership for the 1994/95 year is 14 pounds
- sterling for individuals. Students may join at a reduced rate, and
- organisations may join at a corporate rate, which confers several advantages.
- Membership of the SIGs costs extra, for example in 1994/95 it costs 5 pounds
- sterling to join the C Acorn User Group and 15 pounds sterling to join the C++
- SIG.
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- Contact points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Full details of current prices of ACCU/SIG membership and services will be
- forwarded to you, along with more information and sample copies of the journals
- you are interested in, if you complete and return the form below.
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- Printed forms to: Electronic forms to:
- The Membership Secretary membership@accu.org (general membership enquiries)
- 64 Southfield Road OR
- OXFORD OX4 1PA academic@accu.org (Academic Liaison Officer)
- United Kingdom
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- If you have other queries, contact whichever of the above addresses seems most
- appropriate.
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- ACCU Request For Further Information
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- Please send me more information about the Association of C and C++ Users and
- (check as appropriate):
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- [ ] A sample copy of C Vu
- [ ] A sample copy of CAUGers (the C Acorn User Group journal)
- [ ] A sample copy of Overload (the C++ SIG journal)
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- Name:
- Address:
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- --
- Adrian Wontroba, Stade Computers Limited. phone: (+44) 121 373 9546
- Mail info@accu.org for information about the Association of C and C++ Users
- or see <http://bach.cis.temple.edu/accu>
-