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On the teaching of Ada in an undergraduate computer science curriculum

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 19, Issue 1

Pages 58 - 61

https://doi.org/10.1145/31726.31734

Published: 01 February 1987 Publication History

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Traditionally beginning undergraduate computer science students are taught a high level programming language. Since the early 1970's Pascal has become the de facto standard introductory programming language. With the creation of Ada, its standardization, and the availability of validated compilers, there is considerable discussion concerning the introduction of Ada into the computer science curriculum. This paper discusses the approach taken by the Computer Science Department at Harvey Mudd College.

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On the teaching of Ada in an undergraduate computer science curriculum
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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