Title

Use Concurrent Programming Models To Motivate Teaching Of Programming Languages

Keywords

Computational models; Concepts; Concurrency; Paradigms; Programming language curriculum; Programming models

Abstract

Undergraduate computer science students typically have only a limited understanding of their favorite languages and no inkling of other programming paradigms. Yet modern programmers typically work with several languages, and the availability of cheap concurrency is exposing fundamental problems in standard concurrent programming techniques (mutable objects and threads). This situation presents a great opportunity: by exploring nonstandard techniques for gaining intellectual control over concurrent programs, one can motivate and teach important semantic concepts (such as scoping) and important programming concepts (such as functional abstraction). Such a curriculum stimulates student interest in exploring new programming paradigms. © 2008 ACM.

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

ACM SIGPLAN Notices

Volume

43

Issue

11

Number of Pages

93-98

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1145/1480828.1480849

Socpus ID

67049136001 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/67049136001

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