programming languages
Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation
White Paper This paper is the fruit of a vision for teaching programming languages by integrating the "Two cultures" that have evolved in its pedagogy. One culture is based on interpreters, while the other... [01 Jan 2009]
Teaching Semantics of Programming Languages With Modular SOS
White Paper Typically, they give semantic descriptions of a series of small programming languages, starting from a very simple one, and subsequently extending it with various new features. Most undergraduate courses... [18 Dec 2008]
Challenging Questions for the Rationale of Non-Classical Programming Languages
White Paper In this paper, the authors question the rationale behind the design of unconventional programming languages. Their questions are classified in four categories: the sources of inspiration for new... [19 Dec 2008]
Designing Tangible Programming Languages for Classroom Use
White Paper This paper describes a new technique for implementing educational programming languages using tangible interface technology. This paper discusses the motivations for the project and describe the design... [19 Dec 2008]
Teaching Programming Languages in a Post-Linnaean Age
White Paper This paper argues that one should abandon this method of teaching languages, offers an alternative, reconciles an important split in programming language education, and describes a textbook that explores... [19 Dec 2008]
A Programming Languages Course at Web Speed
White Paper The immediate Internet availability of new developments in programming languages allows the core survey of programming languages course to illustrate language concepts... [18 Dec 2008]
Practical Extensions in Agent Programming Languages
White Paper This paper proposes programming constructs to improve the practical application of existing BDI-based agent-oriented programming languages that have formal semantics. The proposed... [19 Dec 2008]
Combining Multiple Knowledge Representation Technologies Into Agent Programming Languages
White Paper In most agent programming languages in practice a programmer is committed to the use of a single knowledge representation technology. It is shown that rational agent programming... [19 Dec 2008]
Do Programming Languages Affect Productivity?: A Case Study Using Data From Open Source Projects
White Paper Data collected from the CVS repositories of 9,999 open source projects hosted on SourceForge.net is examined to test this assumption for 10 of the most popular programming languages in use in the open... [24 Dec 2008]
Educational Games for Learning Programming Languages
White Paper A concept of educational game for learning programming languages is presented. The idea of learning programming languages and improving programming... [09 Jan 2009]
Use Concurrent Programming Models to Motivate Teaching of Programming Languages
White Paper Undergraduate computer science students typically have only a limited understanding of their favorite languages and no inkling of other programming paradigms. Yet modern programmers typically work with... [09 Jan 2009]
Interpreted Programming Languages and Interpreters: Insight and Coding Procedure
White Paper In a senior-level computer science course, Programming Languages, Dr. These programming languages are known as interpreted programming... [19 Dec 2008]
Incorporating "Level of Detail" Into Programming Languages Aimed at Real-Time Application
White Paper Currently such programs are written in traditional programming languages, and LOD mechanisms are hand-crafted by the programmes, which is tedious and error-prone. This paper proposes alternative method... [09 Jan 2009]
Inheritance in Programming Languages
White Paper In programming languages and databases, inheritance has been used for the purpose of sharing data and methods, and for enabling modularity of software (re)use and maintenance (Lakshmanan & Thirunarayan,... [18 Dec 2008]
Implementing Security Via Modern Programming Languages
White Paper This paper provides a survey of security features in modern programming languages. Security topics in all areas are a pressing need for Computer Science instructors. The paper presents the role that type... [09 Jan 2009]
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