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Table of Contents

ACM president's letter: a day in New York

Peter J. Denning
Pages 1-2

One more time — how to update a master file

Barry Dwyer
Pages 3-8

An optimal algorithm for mutual exclusion in computer networks

Glenn Ricart, Ashok K. Agrawala
Pages 9-17

A sublinear additive sieve for finding prime number

Paul Pritchard
Pages 18-23

Information systems and organizational change

Peter G. W. Keen
Pages 24-33

ACM forum

Robert L. Ashenhurst
Pages 40-41