> case studies or experiments that would help > evaluate the use of Java as a first programming > language (as compared to C or C++)?
Linda McIver's thesis compares the suitability of these, and other, languages as first programming languages. http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~lindap/papers/LindaMcIverThesis.pdf "In order to program in Java for the first time, there are many concepts that students must either understand or take on faith. Due to the module-based, object-oriented nature of the language, even the simplest Java program requires a complex structure" She presented research at the 12th PPIG workshop, and has come up with a wonderful idea: the Zero-th programming language: "The language, GRAIL, is designed to be used *before* the first programming course, to enable students to become familiar with programming concepts with the attendent need to grapple with the syntactic and semantic complexities of a full modern programming language." http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~lindap/research.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com - Automatic footer for [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe discuss To join the announcements list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe announce To receive a help file, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] help This list is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ If you have any problems or questions, please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
