Can C# replace Java in CS1 and CS2?

Proceedings of the Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiSCE)

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 4-8

  Reges, Stuart ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

C ; CS1; CS2; Java; Object oriented programming

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; STUDENTS; TEACHING; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA REDUCTION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

DYNAMIC STORAGE MANAGEMENT; AUTOMATIC GARBAGE COLLECTION; CS1; CS2; RUNTIME CHECKS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 0036995174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/544418.544419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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