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Author(s): M.P. Lee, J.D. Pryce & A. Harrison
Abstract:
This paper documents an experiment in teaching Prolog as a first programming
language to first year computing undergraduates.
It begins by introducing the
main programming paradigms before considering the factors involved in first
language choice and the advantages and disadvantages of Prolog.
It concludes
by illustrating how Prolog can be utilised across much of the computing
curriculum.
1 Introduction
Most computing undergraduates are first taught a third generation
programming language (3GL) such as Pascal.
Unfortunately this first exposure
can constrain the students to a permanent procedural view.
There is an analogy
here to learning natural language, a person's native tongue greatly influence...
Pages: 7
Size: 591 kb
Paper DOI: 10.2495/SEHE940321
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