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The role of a comparative programming languages course in the computer science curriculum

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It is proposed that the programming languages aspect of the undergraduate curriculum for computer science be designed around a course in Comparative Programming Languages. The advantages and implications of such a scheme are outlined.

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  1. J. E. L. Peck, Comparison of Languages, in Programming Teaching Techniques (W. M. Turski, ed.), North-Holland, 1973.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. R. H. Austing et al, Curriculum Recommendations for the Undergraduate Program in Computer Science - A Working Report of the ACM Committee on Curriculum in Computer Sciences, SIGCSE Bulletin 9, no. 2, 1--16, 1977. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 10, Issue 1
        The papers of the SIGCSE/CSA technical symposium on computer science education
        February 1978
        296 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/990654
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        • cover image ACM Conferences
          SIGCSE '78: Papers of the SIGCSE/CSA technical symposium on Computer science education
          February 1978
          311 pages
          ISBN:9781450374767
          DOI:10.1145/990555
          • Conference Chair:
          • Kenneth Williams

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