CCL: Where can you publish articles on software?
- From: Steve Bowlus <chezbowlus::goldrush.com>
- Subject: CCL: Where can you publish articles on software?
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 06:57:45 -0700
Sent to CCL by: Steve Bowlus [chezbowlus_+_goldrush.com]
$0.02 from a (grateful) enduser (who can't spell "C") of
everyone else's
code:
At one time, the CompChem community had its own vehicle for this
purpose. It was (and still is) called the "Quantum Chemistry
Program
Exchange." For nominal cost (basically then media costs),
academics and
industry could get access to cutting edge programming. As QCPE matured
in the mid- to late '80's, there was published (again, at modest cost)
the quarterly "QCPE Bulletin," in which contributors could
(as my memory
serves me) publish exactly the kind of information being debated in
this
thread. Descriptions of new contributions were made in every issue by
the director/editor (Richard Counts/Peggy Edwards). A uniform
mechanism
was provided for citation of contributions.
I would suggest it is time to re-examine the utility of such a
repository, and revive it along the lines envisioned by Counts. I
don't
know how IU currently supports QCPE (AFAIK, its capabilities are
considerably curtailed); Jan's experience in obtaining funding for CCL
does not bode well for the venture. But perhaps someone knowledgeable
in these areas might inquire.
Cheers,
Steve