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A project-based approach to programming language evaluation

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 30, Issue 7

Pages 37 - 40

https://doi.org/10.1145/208639.208642

Published: 01 July 1995 Publication History

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Most programming language evaluation criteria are based solely on characteristics inherent in a language. Software developers could better use evaluations that help them determine how well-suited a language is for their particular task. This paper proposes such an evaluation method.

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A project-based approach to programming language evaluation
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Software management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices Volume 30, Issue 7

July 1995

54 pages

ISSN:0362-1340

EISSN:1558-1160

DOI:10.1145/208639

Editor:
Richard L. Wexelblat
IRS IS:AO, Washington, DC

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