The History of Computer Language Selection

Parker, Kevin R.; Davey, Bill

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33899-1_12

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“…In Britain, BASIC was also important. In the late 60's, some departments tried various languages like PL / I [33]. With Dijkstra's manifest [34] structured programming begins to be discussed [35] [36].…”

Section: Programming Languages: Concept and Characterizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The First Programming Language and Freshman Year in Computer Science: Characterization and Tips for Better Decision Making

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2020

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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The ability to program is the "visible" competency to acquire in an introductory unit in computer science. However, before a student is able to write a program, he needs to understand the problem: before formalizing, the student must have to (be able) to think, (be able) to solve and (be able) to define. At an early stage of learning there are no significant differences between programming languages.The discussion of the early programming language continues: probably never will be a consensus among academics. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) computer science curriculum recommendations haven't clearly defined which programming language to adopt: it is the course directors and teachers who must make this choice, consciously and not only following the trends. This article presents a set of items that should be considered when you make a programming language choice for the first programming unit in higher education computer science courses.

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Section: Programming Languages: Concept and Characterizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, two of the most important points are pedagogical issues and student preparation for the world of work. Parker e Devey [33] define them as pragmatic and pedagogical: industry acceptance, market penetration as well as the employability of graduates.…”

Section: Choosing the Initial Programming Languagementioning

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The First Programming Language and Freshman Year in Computer Science: Characterization and Tips for Better Decision Making

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2020

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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“…The emergence of BASIC in 1964 led some departments to use this language for introductory students [18]. In 1972 [19] almost all computer science degree programs used ALGOL, FORTRAN, or LISP, while most data processing programs used COBOL. In Britain, BASIC was also important.…”

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30 Years of Cs1: Programming Languages Evolution

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2019

ICERI Proceedings

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CS1 (computer science 1) is a course that aims to introduce college students to a first contact with the computing world, especially simple computer-coded everyday problems. The lessons focus on computational thinking and introduce the use of one (or several) programming languages for students beginning their university course. CS1 plays an important role in the academic and professional life of new computer scientists.For this reason, this course unit is very much associated with programming languages. Curricula are not much different, but programming languages have changed a lot over the years. How was this change? Are there clues to these changes? Are there logical reasons why the choice of programming language does not hold up?What programming language should the teacher choose to teach students? The discussion about the early programming language is long: there have always been various trends and their fervent supporters, as well as those who are always critical. This article makes a historical review of the programming languages used in the introduction of computing course over the last 30 years, differentiating an evolution of programming language choices in the past century and now. At the end of the article, an evolutionary trend is listed by articles published by people involved in the subject. The methodology used in this article compiles the Google Scholar articles for each of the last 30 years and analyses which programming languages are used in academic studies. It is very interesting to see how the programming languages used in the introductory programming units change over the years.

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