Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!riacs!pioneer.arc.nasa.gov!lamaster From: lamaster@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: Old format Computing Surveys Message-ID: <1991May14.005725.4214@riacs.edu> Date: 14 May 91 00:57:25 GMT References: <1991May13.133955.29618@sparrms.ists.ca> Sender: news@riacs.edu Reply-To: lamaster@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster) Organization: RIACS, NASA Ames Research Center Lines: 25 In article <1991May13.133955.29618@sparrms.ists.ca>, mb@sparrms.ists.ca (Mike Bell) writes: |> ... am I alone in feeling that |> ACM Computing Surveys actually could do with a face lift? |> I am no expert in typography, but I really like the format of Computing Surveys. It is the best ACM publication that I regularly read. I like the format and the contents, and find it much more readable than CACM. I am sure that it could be improved, but, given what happened to CACM, I am afraid of any change right now. |> The content (and easy-to-find contents list) are good though. (I thought |> the recent article on "What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About |> Floating Point" particularly good.) Yes. This was an excellent article. Good work! -- Hugh LaMaster, M/S 233-9, UUCP: ames!lamaster NASA Ames Research Center Internet: lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035 With Good Mailer: lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov Phone: 415/604-1056 #include