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Re:Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made... by kleiba on Friday December 19, 2025 @03:52AM (#46323679)
> and this means the amount of actual typesetting/formatting done by journals can only be minimal compared to in other domains

This doesn't follow logically, and even though I don't know how it is in other domains, I know for a fact that the amount of typesetting done for a typical CS journal is non-trivial.

> So journal requirements here are usually harmful and generally 20+ years outdated.

I see you have very strong opinions already formed - I don't expect to be able to change them.

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Re:Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made... by D-Machine on Friday December 19, 2025 @03:57AM (#46323722)
> I see you have very strong opinions already formed - I don't expect to be able to change them.

Much like the journals that have figure requirements for print, even though the amount of people that have viewed a figure in print in the last 20 years is an order of magnitude less than a rounding error.

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Re:Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made... by kleiba on Friday December 19, 2025 @06:33AM (#46324658)
There are smaller publishers whose fees are a lot lower than ACM's.
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