• A Special General Meeting has been called.
  19 May 2025

  A Special General Meeting will be be held on July 14th, 2025 at 19:00 BST, for the purpose of electing a new Chair. Dom Davis has been nominated for the position. Per the ACCU Constitution, Section 5.3.3, "Any member of the Association can stand as a candidate for election to any role on the committee. Any such member shall notify the Secretary in writing (letter or email), including names of a nominating member and a seconder, on or before the Proposal Deadline (described in “Section 7 - General Meetings”). The same person cannot stand for more than one role in the same election." If you would like to stand for election as Chair please contact the Secretary.

• May's C Vu Journal has been published.
  12 May 2025

  The May 2025 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 37-2 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via the Journals menu (ACCU members only).

• April's Overload Journal has been published.
  12 April 2025

  The April 2025 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 186 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

• March's C Vu Journal has been published.
  7 March 2025

  The March 2025 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 37-1 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via the Journals menu (ACCU members only).

• Agenda for the 37th Annual AGM has been posted.
  7 March 2025

  The Agenda for the 37th Annual AGM of the ACCU has been posted. The agenda may be accessed from the AGM page (member login required).

C Vu Volume 37 · Issue 2 · May 2025

Contents

• Doggy in the Window
  Editorial.
• Old Languages; New Tricks
  Francis Glassborow turns to AI for inspiration.
• C#’s Unsung Heroes: the Value Tuple
  Steve Love explores an underrated feature of C#.
• Standard Report
  John McMonagle reports on the latest Standard meeting.
• Report on Homework Challenge 27
  Francis Glassborow shares the results of the last challenge and introduces the next one.
• Code Critique Competition 153
  Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.
• Reviews
  The latest roundup of reviews.

The latest Overload is Overload 186. Further details of our journals are available here.