Subj : Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
To   : Adept
From : Dr. What
Date : Sat Feb 17 2024 08:32:58

-=> Adept wrote to tenser <=-

 Ad> I get Communications of the ACM, and it doesn't seem to have
 Ad> Programming Pearls, at this point in time.

I think the Programming Pearls column was gone back in the late 1980's.  But
there were other, similar, columns for a while.

 Ad> Which means _nothing_ for this discussion, but it sounds like an
 Ad> interesting column.

It was interesting enough to spawn off 2 books.  :)

 Ad> Though Communications of the ACM is still interesting, though I'm not
 Ad> sure I've found any of it to be useful, practically, at this point.

For my magazines, I use a 3 issue test: When the renewal comes up, I look
through the last 3 issues.  If I can easily find at least 1 article that I want
to keep for a long time, I renew.  If not, it's not worth my money.

 Ad> Or, heck, not sure how useful my ACM membership has been, but I like
 Ad> being a part of it, regardless.

I used to think the same way.  Even ignoring my 3 month test.  But it reached a
point that, for me, I really didn't want to be associated with it anymore.  And
I had to give up my acm.org email address that I had for ages.


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