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In defense of programming

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Mordechai (Moti) Ben-AriAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Inroads, Volume 7, Issue 1

Pages 44 - 46

https://doi.org/10.1145/2827858

Published: 12 February 2016 Publication History

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We all know that computing is exciting, yet students claim to find programming boring. We try to reassure them that computing is not just programming. While this is trivially true, I believe that it overlooks the fundamental place of programming in computing and can lead to adverse effects if pursued too zealously.

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In defense of programming
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    1. Computing education
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ACM Inroads Volume 7, Issue 1

March 2016

46 pages

ISSN:2153-2184

EISSN:2153-2192

DOI:10.1145/2893369

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Hamilton College

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