A comparison of programming languages for software engineering

Shaw, Mary; Almes, Guy; Newcomer, Joseph M.; Reid, Brian K.; Wulf, William A.

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“…To provide focus, we used the model to explore concepts in object-oriented and imperative languages that are commonly used; that is, we examined modern programming languages and identified a set of core features, as was done in [31]. We used these core features to demonstrate the relation between software engineering research and programming languages.…”

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Influences on the design of exception handling ACM SIGSOFT project on the impact of software engineering research on programming language design

Ryder

Soffa

2003

SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes

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There has long been a close association between research in software engineering and the design of programming languages. Part of the IMPACT project involves an exploration of the interrelations of these two fields and documentation in a report of how fundamental research in software engineering has been a valuable resource for programming language features commonly used today. The resulting report investigates the relationship by considering features in currently used languages, including exceptions, control and data abstractions, types, inheritance, concurrency and visualization mechanisms.This paper, exerpted from the report, focuses on the influence of software engineering research on the development of exceptions. The paper demonstrates that there is a symbiotic relationship between software engineering research and the design of exception handing in programming languages. Publication of these partial results is aimed at soliciting feedback and comments from both the programming languages and software engineering communities.

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Influences on the design of exception handling ACM SIGSOFT project on the impact of software engineering research on programming language design

Ryder

Soffa

2003

SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes

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“…To provide focus, we used the model to explore concepts in object-oriented and imperative languages that are commonly used; that is, we examined modern programming languages and identified a set of core features, as was done in Shaw et al [1978]. We used these core features to demonstrate the relation between software engineering research and programming languages.…”

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The impact of software engineering research on modern programming languages

Ryder

Soffa

Burnett

2005

ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol.

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Software engineering research and programming language design have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship, with traceable impacts since the 1970s, when these areas were first distinguished from one another. This report documents this relationship by focusing on several major features of current programming languages: data and procedural abstraction, types, concurrency, exceptions, and visual programming mechanisms. The influences are determined by tracing references in publications in both fields, obtaining oral histories from language designers delineating influences on them, and tracking cotemporal research trends and ideas as demonstrated by workshop topics, special issue publications, and invited talks in the two fields. In some cases there is conclusive This article has been developed under the auspices of the Impact Project. The aim of the project is to provide a scholarly study of the impact that software engineering research-both academic and industrial-has had upon practice. The principal output of the project is a series of individual papers covering the impact upon practice of research in several selected major areas of software engineering. Each of these papers is being published in ACM TOSEM. Additional information about the project can be found at http://www.acm.org/sigsoft/impact/. This article is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) under award number CCF-0137766, the Association of Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (ACM SIGSOFT), the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), and the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Association (JEITA). Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations, expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect, of the NSF, ACM SIGSOFT, the IEE, or JEITA. Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or direct commercial advantage and that copies show this notice on the first page or initial screen of a display along with the full citation. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers, to redistribute to lists, or to use any component of this work in other works requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Permissions may be requested from Publications Dept., ACM, Inc., 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 USA, fax: +1 (212) 869-0481, or permissions@acm.org. data supporting influence. In other cases, there are circumstantial arguments (i.e., cotemporal ideas) that indicate influence. Using this approach, this study provides evidence of the impact of software engineering research on modern programming language design and documents the close relationship between these two fields.

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“…AlGhamdi and Urban (1993) propose 12 areas of analysis for comparing and assessing programming languages, including philosophy of the design, defined as the intent of the designers when designing the language. Shaw et al (1981) assess the software engineering characteristics of multiple languages by rating the core of each language that captures the essential properties of a language and the intent of language designers about its intended use. Whatever term is used, this factor can play a pivotal role in language selection.…”

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Criteria for the selection of a programming language for introductory courses

Parker¹,

Ottaway²,

Chao³

2006

IJKL

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Historically, the selection of a programming language for an introductory programming course has been a process consisting of faculty evaluation, discussion, and consensus. As the number of faculty, students, and language options grows, this process is likely to become increasingly unwieldy. In addition, the process lacks structure and cannot be easily replicated. The selection process will, in all likelihood, be repeated every two to three years. Providing a structured approach to the selection of a programming language would yield a more thorough evaluation of the options available and a more easily justified selection. Developing and documenting an exhaustive set of selection criteria, and an approach for the application of these criteria, will allow the process of language selection to be more easily repeated in the future. This paper presents a comprehensive set of criteria that should be considered when selecting a programming language for a teaching environment, and proposes several approaches for the application of these criteria.

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A comparison of programming languages for software engineering

Cited by 18 publications

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Influences on the design of exception handling ACM SIGSOFT project on the impact of software engineering research on programming language design

Influences on the design of exception handling ACM SIGSOFT project on the impact of software engineering research on programming language design

The impact of software engineering research on modern programming languages

Criteria for the selection of a programming language for introductory courses

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