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To me, one of the hallmarks of good programming is that the code looks so simple that you are tempted to dismiss the skill of the author. Writing good clean understandable code is hard work whatever language you are using -- Francis Glassborow

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ACCU welcomes everyone who is interested in any programming language. ACCU supports its members by hosting mailing lists, running a yearly conference, publishing journals and organising online study groups.
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Latest Journal

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Overload 145 · June 2018 (PDF)

Automate all the things.
Automation can speed things up. Frances Buontempo considers how it can make things worse.
How to Write a Programming Language: Part 1, The Lexer.
Writing a programming language might sound very difficult. Andy Balaam starts his series with a lexer.
Type-agnostic Tracing Using {fmt}.
Tracing compound and custom types is a challenge. Mike Crowe demonstrates how {fmt} provides a safe alternative to printf.
A Short Overview of Object Oriented Software Design.
Object oriented design has many principles. Stanislav Kozlovski demonstrates good design through a role playing game.
Afterwood.
The curse of Agile. Chris Oldwood outlines how it affects his day at work.

ACCU News

June's Overload Journal has been published. (8.06.18)
The June 2018 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 145 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed in Overload Online.
May's C Vu Journal has been published. (18.05.18)
The May 2018 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 30-2 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via Journals menu (ACCU members only).
April's Overload Journal has been published. (7.04.18)
The April 2018 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 144 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed in Overload Online.
March's C Vu Journal has been published. (23.03.18)
The March 2018 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 30-1 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via Journals menu (ACCU members only).
2018 European LLVM Developers Meeting (26.02.18)
The 2018 European LLVM Developers Meeting will be held at the Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre, Bristol, UK, April 16 and 17, 2018.

The meeting serves as a forum for LLVM, Clang, LLDB and other LLVM project developers and users to get acquainted, learn how LLVM is used, and exchange ideas about LLVM and its (potential) applications. The conference will be two full days that include technical talks, BoFs, hacker’s lab, tutorials, a poster session and a reception.

For more information, go to the conference website.

Thanks to the conference organizers for their mention of the 2018 ACCU conference occurring the previous week.