• January's C Vu Journal has been published.
  10 January 2025

  The January 2025 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 36-6 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via the Journals menu (ACCU members only).

  I'd like to extend my thanks to Mike Crowe for creating more detailed indexes of the PDF images for two years of CVu magazines, volumes 19 and 20, issues 19.1 through 20.6. The enhanced information is now available for members' use.

• Upcoming ACCU Cambridge Meeting, 15 January 2025.
  10 January 2025

  After a great social meet-up in December we truly reboot ACCU Cambridge next week with our first talk:

  https://www.meetup.com/accu-cambridge/events/304633337

  It would be great to see as many as possible show up. It will be next Wednesday 15 January 2025, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM GMT at the Bradfield Center (on the Science Park).

• December's Overload Journal has been published.
  15 December 2024

  The December 2024 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 184 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

• November's C Vu Journal has been published.
  11 November 2024

  The November 2024 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 36-5 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via the Journals menu (ACCU members only).

• October's Overload Journal has been published.
  10 October 2024

  The October 2024 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 183 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

C Vu Volume 36 · Issue 6 · January 2025

Contents

• What is Software?
  Editorial.
• Language Learning
  Francis Glassborow discovers a new resource to indulge his passion for [learning] languages.
• The Full-Time Fallacy
  Silas S. Brown wonders whether some employers might be filtering hires on the wrong criteria.
• Standard Report
  John McMonagle reports on the latest developments.
• Code Critique Competition 151
  Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.
• Report on Homework Challenge 25
  Francis Glassborow reports on the previous challenge and sets another.
• Reviews
  The latest roundup of reviews.
• View from the Chair
  

The latest Overload is Overload 184. Further details of our journals are available here.