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The article comments on the origin and history of publications in computing. Prior to the second World War, there was only disordered and infrequent publication about computing. The journals related to mathematics, science and engineering, carried occasional contributions concerning computations with mechanical aids. There was a scarce amount of publication concerning methods for efficient computing and the editors of the mathematical journals seemed to consider that papers concerning the process of actually dealing with complex numbers had insufficient content to justify publication by them. The publication started to increase in the early 1950s. A new journal was published in 1949, with the title "Digital Computer Newsletter of the Office of Naval Research," which provided a medium for the interchange among interested persons of information concerning recent developments in various digital computing projects. The first publications of the Association for Computing Machinery were the 1952 Proceedings of the Association meetings in Pittsburgh and Toronto.

The article comments on the July 1972 issue of the journal "Communications of the ACM," which is devoted to the 25th anniversary of the Association for Computing Machinery. This issue was produced with constraints like time and budget and the editorial team hopes that the finished product contains material which, in whole or in part, will be of current interest to all the readers of the journal and of lasting interest to many. This issue has been produced with the cooperation of several scholars of the related field. The ultimate responsibility for the success of this issue lies with the many authors and contributors who have contributed their work. Special gratitude has been paid to the ad hoc committee responsible for the technical contents of this issue including, Roman Weil, as Chairman, Robert Ashenhurst and William Timlake and to Cherie Weil for her secretarial help and to the many referees for their very professional assistance. This these people devoted great time in reviewing and editing the papers received for publication.

Presents the author's criticism of Smith Dorsey's paper "More on ACM Meetings," that was published in the March 1972 issue of the Journal "Communications of the ACM." Inability of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to sponsor and execute meetings; Request for framing a blue ribbon committee to thoroughly examine the entire range of ACM sponsored meetings.

The article reports on certain developments pertaining to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The Special Interest Committee on Programming Languages of the ACM will issue an information bulletin on the string manipulation language SNOBOL. This bulletin will be distributed as an occasional supplement to SICPLAN Notices, the Committee's informal newsletter. The bulletin will also be used as a forum for the discussion of problems associated with the use and implementation of the language. At a recent meeting of the ACM Committee for Professional Activities of the Blind, it was decided that Science for the Blind, a small nonprofit organization, should act as a central depository for all literature in the computing field that is recorded for the blind. ACM will hold its 20th anniversary meeting- at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. on August 29-31, 1967. Papers to be presented will stress historical perspective, present significant new developments, or explore trends and potential developments.