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We need more than one: why students need a sophisticated understanding of programming languages

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices archive
Volume 43 , Issue 11 (November 2008) table of contents

COLUMN: White papers table of contents

Pages 62-65

Year of Publication: 2008

ISSN:0362-1340

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Kathleen Fisher

AT&T Labs Research

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Over the course of their careers, students will need to master a number of diverse programming languages because different languages are best suited to different tasks and because the set of "popular" languages evolves over time. In addition, sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to invent a little language particular to the task. Students need to be able to evaluate which languages to use for which tasks and whether to design a domain-specific language. Consequently, it is critical that students develop a sophisticated understanding of programming languages during their undergraduate studies.

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