PLDI and PACM decision
Thanks to everybody who contributed to the community survey on PLDI joining PACMPL (http://pacmpl.acm.org/). Among those who had authored at least one PLDI paper, 48.78% were in favor of PLDI joining PACMPL. Among those who had authored five or more PLDI papers, 18.75% were in favor of PLDI joining PACMPL. The various survey comments entered were also insightful and helpful. Subsequent to the closing of the above community survey and the town hall meeting at PLDI'17 in Barcelona, the 12-member PLDI steering committee voted on whether PLDI'18 should be published in PACMPL. The voting result was: IN FAVOR: 5 AGAINST: 7 Consequently, PLDI'18 will not be published as part of PACMPL. I wish the PACMPL editorial board the best of luck with this interesting and important innovation in conference publishing. - Cormac