Editorial: A changing of the guard

Abstract

A Changing of the GuardSince 1979, the ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS) has been the premier journal for the publication of research papers in the area of programming languages and systems to assist the task of programming.There are many reasons for the success of TOPLAS.One of them is Ron Cytron.For the past six years, Ron has served as Editor-in-chief of this journal, and his high standards and selfless devotion to his editorial duties have ensured that TOPLAS has remained one of the bright stars in the galaxy of ACM journals.More than 2,500 years ago, Heraclitus of Ephesus observed that nothing is permanent in the universe except change, and now change has come to TOPLAS.Ron has stepped down as Editor-in-chief to devote himself full time to research and teaching, and it is our pleasure as the new Editors-in-Chief of TOPLAS to thank him for his yeoman's service to the SIGPLAN community all these years.Assisting Ron were the TOPLAS associate editors and reviewers who did an enormous amount of work, carefully considering each submission.We thank the 2006 reviewers for their outstanding service and list them following our remarks.