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An approach to the programming languages course

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ACMSE '92: Proceedings of the 30th annual ACM Southeast Regional Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/503720.503722

Published: 08 April 1992 Publication History

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The content and methodology of the programming languages course (CS 8) vary widely. A previous paper [3] discussed options available to the instructor and surveyed texts for the course. This paper describes the course as it is currently taught at Georgia State University, with the hope that instructors of similar courses will benefit by examining our approach and learning from our successes and failures.

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ACMSE '92: Proceedings of the 30th annual ACM Southeast Regional Conference

April 1992

487 pages

ISBN:0897915062

DOI:10.1145/503720

General Chair:
Mladen A. Vouk
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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Douglas S. Reeves
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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Cherri M. Pancake
Auburn University, AL

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