Should we leverage natural-language knowledge? An analysis of user errors in a natural-language-style programming language

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 207-214

  Bruckman, Amy ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

End user programming; Natural language; Novice programming; Programming language design

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; END USER PROGRAMMING; ENGLISH WORD; ERROR RATE; NATURAL LANGUAGES; NOVICE PROGRAMMER; NOVICE PROGRAMMING; ONLINE INTERACTION; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE DESIGN; STATE INFORMATION; SYNTAX ERRORS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SYNTACTICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

ERRORS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

END-USER PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE DESIGN;

EID: 0032644649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/302979.303040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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