Yearbook · all 22 papers

pldb yearbook

POPL Class of '75

22 graduates · cited 146× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed

A Fast and Usually Linear Algorithm for Global Flow Analysis

cited 58× within PLDB · Graham & Wegman

Late Bloomer

Structured Exception Handling

half of its 7 citations came 34+ years after it graduated · Goodenough

Class Clown

Actor Semantics of Planner-73

shortest title in the class: 29 characters · Greif & Hewitt

Prom Couple

A Fast and Usually Linear Algorithm for Global… & Node Listings Applied to Data Flow Analysis

cited together by 8 papers · Graham & Wegman; Kennedy

Ghosted

32% of the class (7 of 22)

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

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

‹ Class of '73 (1973) Class of '76 (1976) ›

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.