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Article #362Re: New format of CACM
From: Chuck Musciano
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 14:27
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 14:27
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I'm also unhappy about the new format, finding it inconsistent and
difficult to read.
I also have some complaints about the little News Bits articles in the
front. This month, we got a brief description of Unicode, a 16-bit character
standard. This is fine, but it was written for a complete computer neophyte.
I seem to recall the description as "a sequence of 16 zero and one values".
Come on! Ever hear of the word "bit"?
The first rule: Know Thy Audience. We're computing professionals. You
can use the big words with us!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!trantor.harris-atd.com!pluto!chuck From: chuck@pluto.Harris-ATD.com (Chuck Musciano) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: New format of CACM Message-ID: <6222@trantor.harris-atd.com> Date: 7 May 91 14:27:04 GMT References: <5862@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> <1991May3.230122.13004@dsd.es.com> <MIKEG.91May4101055@c3.c3.lanl.gov> <3045@cod.NOSC.MIL> <1991May6.221403.9439@mcs.drexel.edu> Sender: news@trantor.harris-atd.com Reply-To: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com Distribution: usa Organization: Advanced Technology Dept, Harris Corp, Melbourne, FL Lines: 22