History
ACCU was formed in 1987 by Martin Houston. The original name of the organisation was C Users' Group (UK) and this remains the formal name of the organisation today, although it adopted the public name Association of C and C++ Users for the period 1993-2006, and adopted the shorter form ACCU from 2006 onward. The ACCU is operated by a volunteer committee, elected at an Annual General Meeting which usually takes place during the annual ACCU conference each Spring in or near Oxford.
As the formal name suggests, the organisation was originally created for people in the United Kingdom. However, the membership is now worldwide, predominantly European and North American, but also with members from central and southern America, Australasia, Africa and Asia.
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