The first programming paradigm and language dilemma

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 338-342

  Brilliant, Susan S ^a   Wiseman, Timothy R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SCIENCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE;

EDUCATION;

EID: 0029707366     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/236462.236572     Document Type: Article

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