Overload (magazine)

Overload is a bi-monthly professional computer magazine published by ACCU, that was established in 1993 and is edited by Frances Buontempo. It aims to "publish a high standard of articles about all aspects of software development".^[1] All issues of Overload, starting from August 1998, are available online.^[2]

Overload

Overload #92
Editor	Frances Buontempo
Categories	Computer magazines
Frequency	Bi-Monthly
Publisher	ACCU
First issue	April 1993
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	Henley on Thames
Language	English
Website	Issue List
ISSN	1354-3172

History

Overload was started in 1993 as a magazine of the "Turbo C++ SIG".^[3] By 1994, it had become a "journal of C++ SIG", with an appropriate change in scope. At that time there were several magazines with similar scope, including C/C++ Users Journal, C++ Report, and to a lesser extent, Dr. Dobb's Journal. The scope of Overload continued to be broadened^[4] and in 2000 the magazine was relabeled from "journal of C++ SIG" to "journal of ACCU".^[5] About the same time, a board of "readers" was established, to assist authors with improving their articles.^[4]

Over time, many competing publications have been discontinued (C++ Report has been discontinued in 2002, C/C++ Users Journal in 2006, Dr Dobbs Journal in 2009),^[6] and by 2010 Overload has become the only magazine to cover this area,^{[citation needed]} which has attracted articles of notable writers such as former contributing editor of C/C++ Users Journal Matthew Wilson^[7] and creator of C++ Bjarne Stroustrup.^[8]

Since its establishment, the scope of the magazine has evolved from issues specific to C/C++ into all aspects of software development, with a particular emphasis on Agile software development.^[9][10] In 2005 Overload published a Quality Manifesto by Tom Gilb.

Notable contributors

• Bjarne Stroustrup
• Matthew Wilson
• David Abrahams
• Tom Gilb
• David H. Bailey
• Kevlin Henney
• Nicolai Josuttis
• Scott Meyers

Editors

• Frances Buontempo (2012–present)
• Ric Parkin (2008–2012)
• Alan Griffiths (2003–2008)
• John Merrels (1998–2003)
• Sean A. Corfield (1995–1997)
• Mike Toms (1993–1994)