Programming Languages as Part of Core Computer Science

Kim Bruce and Stephen Freund

(Submission #28)

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Summary

While the programming languages course played a key role in Curricula ’68, ’78, and ’91, Curriculum 2001 replaced most of the content in programming languages with sections on learning to program. We argue that the need for a programming languages course has not diminished, but instead increased, especially as we move into an era of many-core computing.

Keywords

impact of new technology
examples highlighting programming language relevance
emergence of multi-core processors

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