The Heap

This issue of The Heap, the newsletter for the DECUS Languages and Tools SIG (July 1985), serves as a transition piece for the organization as it moves toward a combined newsletter format.

Key highlights include: - Technical Reports: Detailed summaries and slides regarding the VAX Ada field test, highlighting compiler performance and user feedback. It also includes tips on TPU programming techniques. - Documentation: A comprehensive bug list for the second edition of The TeXBook. - SIG Activities: A summary of results from the latest wishlist survey and official responses from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It also includes a call to action from new wishlist coordinator Alan Rizzuto. - Community Discussions: Correspondence regarding the future of VAX Macintosh-like functionality and a provocative opinion piece on the need for modernization in FORTRAN-8X.