• September's C Vu Journal ePub is now available.
  17 September 2021

  The ePub version of the September 2021 ACCU C Vu journal has been uploaded to the website.

• September's C Vu Journal has been published.
  7 September 2021

  The September 2021 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 33-4 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via the Journals menu (ACCU members only).

• August's Overload Journal ePub is now available.
  16 August 2021

  The ePub version of the August 2021 ACCU Overload journal has been uploaded to the website.

• August's Overload Journal has been published.
  6 August 2021

  The August 2021 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 164 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

• C Vu 33.3 Errata
  21 July 2021

  There is a typographical error in Francis Glassborow's "Homework Challenge 4" (C Vu 33.3, July 2021) that made it past the editing process. The third sentence in the fourth paragraph should read "It is professionals, white-collar workers ..." and not "... white-colour workers ..."

  The ACCU committee is investigating methods and procedures that can be put in place in order to avoid this type of error in the future. In this instance, we have corrected the error in the online version of the article, and in the ePub and PDF versions of the magazine. Unfortunately, the printed copy of the magazine had already been mailed to members when the error was found.

  ACCU sincerely apologizes for the error and any offence that it caused.

  ACCU Diversity Statement

C Vu Volume 33 · Issue 4 · September 2021

Contents

• Magic Isn’t Simple
  Editorial.
• The Curious Case of the Frozen Code
  Pete Goodliffe investigates the myth of ‘code freeze’.
• The Meanings of Words (Part 1)
  Francis Glassborow reflects on the jargon we use routinely.
• Working for Equity
  Silas S. Brown ponders various considerations for unpaid work.
• An Introduction to the ACCU BIB Files (Part 1)
  Bob Schmidt shares some of the work involved in producing the online magazines.
• Homework Challenge 6
  Francis Glassborow reports on Homework Challenge 5 and sets the next one.
• Code Critique Competition 131
  Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.
• Reviews
  The latest roundup of reviews.
• View from the Chair
  

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