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Automata: a teaching aid for mathematical machines

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This paper discusses a practical programming language specially designed to aid teachers and students of Computer Science courses which deal with mathematical machines. The first section outlines the motivation for developing such a language in the Computer Science curriculum. Next the criteria which were used to design the language are listed. The characteristics of <u>Automata</u>, the interpreter of this language, are discussed next. Concluding remarks note the results of using <u>Automata</u> as a teaching aid in three Computer Science courses at the Pennsylvania State University. The User's Guide to <u>Automata</u> is attached as the Appendix.

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      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 3, Issue 1
      March 1971
      40 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/873674
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      Association for Computing Machinery

      New York, NY, United States

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