Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 7/1/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: the worth of SIGPLAN Message-ID: <743@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 23:37:04 EDT Article-I.D.: rlgvax.743 Posted: Fri Jul 1 23:37:04 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Jul-83 22:43:50 EDT References: <355@qubix.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 16 Actually, if we're doing statistics on articles submitted, I'm 44th and you're 35th (I don't know what the time period was). I suspect there's enough variance in the numbers that one has to be careful in drawing conclusions from them; for example, it's a function of available time and varying interest. I also suspect interest tends to drop once the novelty wears off and you decide what's worth your time and what isn't. I've found the same is true of publications, interestingly enough; I've had less time to read my magazines lately, and I'm not sure how much I'm missing. SIGPLAN is one of the ones I miss less; I find some of the articles not interesting to me because they're of interest mostly to specialists, and others just don't seem useful at all. Guy Harris {seismo,mcnc,we13,brl-bmd,allegra}!rlgvax!guy