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A comparison of PASCAL and FORTRAN as introductory programming languages

A comparison of PASCAL and FORTRAN as introductory programming languages -5"/- A Comparison of PASCAL and FORTRANas Introductory Programming Languages by Gary J. Nutt Department of Computer Science University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309 ABSTRACT Many colleges and universities offer introductory programming classes based on the FORTRAN language. Several of these schools are contemplating a change to a more modern programming language in this f i r s t course. The Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado has recently made the transition from FORTRANto PASCAL, and this paper offers an informal discussion of the experiences of one instructor during that change. I t is hoped that others who may be considering a similar change will benefit from our experiences. INTRODUCTION A popular conjecture among computer science educators is that PASCAL or PL/C should be the f i r s t programming language taught in introductory classes. This theory is implemented at a number of schools, but the majority of introductory programming courses use FORTRAN. Recently the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado reorganized its introductory courses to eliminate FORTRAN in the f i r s t course in favor of PASCAL. In this paper, we discuss our experiences with this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGPLAN Notices Association for Computing Machinery

A comparison of PASCAL and FORTRAN as introductory programming languages

Nutt, Gary J.
ACM SIGPLAN Notices , Volume 13 (2) – Feb 1, 1978
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-5"/- A Comparison of PASCAL and FORTRANas Introductory Programming Languages by Gary J. Nutt Department of Computer Science University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309 ABSTRACT Many colleges and universities offer introductory programming classes based on the FORTRAN language. Several of these schools are contemplating a change to a more modern programming language in this f i r s t course. The Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado has recently made the transition from FORTRANto PASCAL, and this paper offers an informal discussion of the experiences of one instructor during that change. I t is hoped that others who may be considering a similar change will benefit from our experiences. INTRODUCTION A popular conjecture among computer science educators is that PASCAL or PL/C should be the f i r s t programming language taught in introductory classes. This theory is implemented at a number of schools, but the majority of introductory programming courses use FORTRAN. Recently the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado reorganized its introductory courses to eliminate FORTRAN in the f i r s t course in favor of PASCAL. In this paper, we discuss our experiences with this

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Published: Feb 1, 1978

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