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Announcements and discussion
accu-announce

Messages too urgent to be printed in C Vu. Every ACCU member with email should join this group. This is a very low traffic group (Moderated, Open).

accu-d-books

General discussion of ACCU's book reviews. Feedback from publishers and authors will also be copied to this list. (Unmoderated, Open).

accu-contacts

A self-help group for ACCU members seeking or offering employment opportunities. This list is strictly for ACCU members only. (Moderated, Closed). Take a look at the Charter for this list.

accu-publications

For general discussions regarding ACCU publications. (Unmoderated, Open).

Programming
game-development

An open, unmoderated list supporting Brett Fishburne's Interactive Development column in C Vu. (Unmoderated, Open).

accu-general

High quality discussion about C, C++ and Java, aimed at intermediate to advanced programmers. This was formerly run at monosys.com (Unmoderated, Open).
An archive of accu-general is available in web format.

accu-prog-questions

This list is strictly members-only, and is aimed at students and novice to intermediate programmers seeking help with code (Unmoderated, Closed). Take a look at the Charter for this list.

Special Interest
accu-books

Information about books available for review (Moderated, Closed).

accu-caug

The C Acorn User Group (Unmoderated, Open).

accu-hosts

General discussion about the website and server (Unmoderated, Closed).

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