Communications of the ACM

ACM president's letter: electronic junk

Peter J. Denning
Pages 163-165

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Self-assessment procedure IX: a self-assessment procedure dealing with ethics in computing

Donn B. Parker
Pages 181-195

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The future of programming

The nature of programming is changing. These changes will accelerate as improved software development practices and more sophisticated development tools and environments are produced. This paper surveys the most likely changes … Anthony I. Wasserman, Steven Gutz
Pages 196-206

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Performance results of the simplex algorithm for a set of real-world linear programming models

This paper provides performance results using the SPERRY UNIVAC 1100 Series linear programming product FMPS to solve a set of 16 real-world linear programming problems. As such, this paper provides a data point for the actual … Edward H. McCall
Pages 207-212

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ACM forum

Pages 220-221

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The “worm” programs—early experience with a distributed computation

The “worm” programs were an experiment in the development of distributed computations: programs that span machine boundaries and also replicate themselves in idle machines. A “worm” is composed of multiple “segments,” each running … John F. Shoch, Jon A. Hupp
Pages 172-180

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