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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 47 , Issue 1 (January 2004) table of contents
Multimodal interfaces that flex, adapt, and persist

Pages: 99 - 102

Year of Publication: 2004

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Ronald Dattero	Southwest Missouri State University
Stuart D. Galup	Florida Atlantic University

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Comparing differences and similarities in programming language usage according to programmer gender.

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CITED BY

Martha Myers , Amy Woszczynski , Sherri Shade, Opportunities for women in IT security, Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research, April 14-16, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
D.3.2 Language Classifications

Additional Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
K.4.2 Social Issues
K.4.3 Organizational Impacts

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"Celia T. Romm, PhD. : Reviewer"

Gender differences in programming languages, a fascinating topic, are discussed in this paper. Based on a June 2000 survey of over 37,000 full-time information technology (IT) workers, the authors analyzed the number and type of programming langua more...

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Stuart D. Galup: colleagues

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