Yearbook · all 35 papers

pldb yearbook

OOPSLA Class of '88

35 graduates · cited 177× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed

TS: An Optimizing Compiler for Smalltalk

cited 30× within PLDB · Johnson et al.

Late Bloomer

Fabrik: A Visual Programming Environment

half of its 9 citations came 17+ years after it graduated · Ingalls et al.

Teacher's Pet

Data Abstraction Mechanisms in SINA/ST

cites 11 other OOPSLA papers · Aksit & Tripathi

Biggest Group Project

Integrating an Object-Oriented Programming System with a Database System

6 authors · Kim et al.

Class Clown

Panel: Teaching OOP

shortest title in the class: 19 characters · Shafer et al.

Prom Couple

TS: An Optimizing Compiler for Smalltalk & Fast Dispatch Mechanisms for Stock Hardware

cited together by 4 papers · Johnson et al.; Rose

Ghosted

37% of the class (13 of 35)

never cited within PLDB. No names. We're not monsters.

pldb.kirancodes.me/fun/yearbook · within PLDB

‹ Class of '87 (1987) Class of '89 (1989) ›

Citations are between papers within PLDB, one per pair, newer versions of the same paper excluded. Late Bloomer needs 5+ citations; Ghosted is hidden for the last three classes, who are still being read. Older classes have thinner citation data.