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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 32 , Issue 12 (December 1989) table of contents

Pages: 1397 - 1414

Year of Publication: 1989

ISSN:0001-0782

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Peter J. Denning

NASA Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
Subjects: Computer science education

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Theory, Verification

REVIEW

"Frank Lawrence Friedman : Reviewer"

This debate grew out of a controversy surrounding a talk, “On the cruelty of really teaching computer science,” presented by Edsger Dijkstra in conjunction with the 1989 ACM CSC/SIGCSE Symposium held in February, 1989, in Louisvill more...

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