overload issue 72 april 2006 contents credits & contacts Multithreading 101 Overload Editor: Alan Griffiths Tim Penhey 7
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[email protected] 3 overload issue 72 april 2006 Editorial: Doing What You Can Your magazine needs you! f you look at the contents of this issue of Overload you’ll see that most of the feature content has been written by the editorial team.You might even notice that the remaining Iarticle is not new material. To an extent this is a predictable consequence of the time of year: many of the potential contributors are busy preparing for the conference. However, as editor for the last couple of years I’ve noticed More on WG14 that there is a worrying decline in proposals for articles Last time I commented on the fact that I was hearing from authors.