Upcoming Events

7th November 2026 @ 12:00 Noon
  • Tyneside Linux User Group
    Monthly Meetup
    TLUG Wiki
11th November 2026 @ 18:00 GMT
  • ACCU York, Co-hosted with Slurp n' Learn
    From Writing Code to Making Business-Aligned Decisions: Demystifying Product Sense in Developer Friendly TErms - Oana F. May
    Second talk to be announced
    Meetup Details
12th November 2026 @ 18:30 PST
19th November 2026 @ 17:00 CET
2nd December 2026 @ 18:00 GMT
15th December, 2026
  • ACCU Cambridge, Sponsored by Darktrace and Undo
    Programme - To be announced
    Meetup Details


ACCU News
  • November's C Vu Journal has been published.
    5 November 2026

    The November 2026 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 38-5 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via the Journals menu (ACCU members only).

  • October's Overload Journal has been published.
    11 October 2026

    The October 2026 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 195 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

  • September's C Vu Journal has been published.
    16 September 2026

    The September 2026 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 38-4 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via the Journals menu (ACCU members only).

  • August's Overload Journal has been published.
    10 August 2026

    The August 2026 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 194 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

  • A Special General Meeting has been scheduled
    20 July 2026

    The ACCU Committee has scheduled an online Special General Meeting for 19th September, 2026 at 19:00 BST. More information can be found on the AGM page (members only - must be logged in).


Older News
Latest Journal

C Vu cover
C Vu Volume 38 · Issue 5 · November 2026

Contents

  • How Certain Are You?
    Editorial.

  • Do We Need LLM-readable Profile Schemata?
    Silas. S. Brown shares an amusing story with a serious message.

  • ‘Results-based’ Branding Considered Harmful
    Silas. S. Brown reflects on the pitfalls of careless labels.

  • Transputers and Occam
    Francis Glassborow recalls an early example of parallel architecture in hardware.

  • Code Critique Competition 162
    Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.

  • C++ Standard Report
    John McMonagle reports on the latest developments.

  • Report on Homework Challenge 36
    Francis Glassborow shares to submissions for the last homework challenge and sets the next one.

  • View from the Chair

  • Membership News

The latest Overload is Overload 195. Further details of our journals are available here.

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