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		     The Computer Science department
		 of the University of Tunis II (Tunisia)
				and the
    Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatisme (France)
			     organise the :

	     TENTH TUNISIAN FRENCH SEMINAR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

		      Tunis, Tunisia, May 23-25 1989

		Topic : The Role of Languages in Programming

      Sponsors : ACM, AFCET, IEEE, IFIP, TIPS.

      Objet.   Ever since the beginnings of computing, languages have always
 been a hot topic : programming languages ; specification languages ; design
 languages ; query languages ; etc ...	 The importance of languages in pro-
 gramming is subject to debate	:  while some consider their role secondary,
 emphasizing methods and tools,	 others consider them critical for the acti-
 vity of programming,  and continue their quest	 for ever more powerful lan-
 guages.

      The subject of this conference is to present, compare and assess vari-
 ous languages (existing or being developed) vis-a`-vis qualities that users
 consider important.  A (non exhaustive) list of such qualities is given be-
 low : reuse, applicability of refinement techniques, ease of design, assoc-
 iated proof techniques,  tunability,  continuity  vis-a`-vis  specification
 notations, efficiency. These qualities can be realized by means of a number
 of quality factors, such as : modularity, inheritance, genericity.

      Submissions are sought (4 copies) according to these guidelines :	 the
 text must be typed on one side of sheets only, and must leave ample margins
 on both sides; it must not exceed 30 pages, doubled spaced ; the first page
 must include the complete identification of the author and his affiliation.
 Submissions are accepted  in french and english : french contributions must
 be addressed to  Prof. Jean-Pierre Finance, CRIN BP 239,  54506 Vandoeuvre-
 les-Nancy, France; english submissions must
 be addressed to Dr Ali Mili, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Belve'de`re 1002
 Tunisia.
 Conference proceedings	 will be published.  Futhermore, the best papers  in
 english will be included  in a special issue of  the Journal of Systems and
 Software ; and the best papers	 submitted in french  will be included	in a
 special issue of Technique et Science Informatique.  The conference will be
 preceded by a set of tutorials dealing with languages.

      IMPORTANT DATES:
	Deadline for submitting papers : November 15, 1988
	Notification of acceptance : February 1st, 1989
	Camera ready manuscripts due : March 3rd, 1989.

 Honoray Co-chairmen :

	The President of the University of Tunis II, Tunisia
	The President of INRIA, France

 Organizing Committee :

	Chairman : The Dean, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis
	Promotion : A. Belghith, S. Guemara El Fatemi, Y. Sorel
	Publicity : E. Bonnet, M. Gafsi, A. Hammouda
	Local Arrangements : N. Chakroun, A. Ferchichi, Ch. Mankai
	Treasury and Registration : F. Charrada, A. Jaoua
	Publication : H. Mehdi, E. Dridi, N. Sahli, K. Ben Salem
	Tutorials : M. Marrakchi, S. Ouerghi, H. Mhiri
	Exposition : M-K. Ben Rhouma, M. Temani, R. Marouane

 Program Committee :

	R. Babb (USA)			A. Belghith (Tunisia)
	M. Ben Ahmed (Tunisia)		N. Boudriga (Tunisia)
	M. Dupras (Canada)		J-L. Durieux (France)
	J-P. Finance (program co-chairman, France)
	A. Gamache (Canada)		M-C. Gaudel (France)
	A. Jaoua (Tunisia)		A. Jerraya (France)
	Ph. Jorrand (France)		J-P. Jouannaud (France)
	F. Kammoun (Tunisia)		O. Lecarme (France)
	C. Marlin (Australia)		P. Maurice (France)
	F. Mhidi (USA)			A. Mili (program co-chairman, Tunisia)
	R. Mittermeir (Austria)		M. Moalla (Tunisia)
	S. Muchnick (USA)		J. Mzali (France)
	A. Ohnishi (Japan)		M. Ouaily (USA)
	C. Pair (France)		L. Qi (China)
	A. Que're' (France)		J-C. Rault (France)
	P-N. Robillard (Canada)		S. Schach (USA)
	Y. Slimani (Algeria)		J. Urban (USA)
	A. Van Lamsweerde (Belgium)	M. Wirsing (FRG)
	J. Wing (USA)			J. Woodcock (UK)

 For more information :

      Organizing Committee  of the 10th TFSCS,	Computer Science Department,
 Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, 1002 Belve'de`re Tunisia.
 Tel : [216] 1 512 600, [216] 1 662 886. Tlx: 13.162.

      E-mail: bechir@crin.crin.fr