What makes a good programmer?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 73-75

  Cegielski, Casey G ^a   Hall, Dianne J ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ABILITY; COMPUTER-PROGRAMMING TASKS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SET THEORY; STANDARDS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33749558937     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 00010782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1164394.1164397     Document Type: Review

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