DocumentCode
1550442
Title
The Art of Teaching Computer Science: Niklaus Wirth
Author
Severance, Charles
Author_Institution
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Volume
45
Issue
7
fYear
2012
fDate
7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
8
Lastpage
10
Abstract
With a goal of improving how computer science is taught, Niklaus Wirth created some of the field´s most influential programming languages, including Pascal, Modula, and Oberon. An audio recording of author Charles Severance´s Computing Conversations column is available at http://youtu.be/Wel2b93LjhY. In it, he discusses his interview with Niklaus Wirth, creator of some of the fieldís integral programming languages, including Modula, Pascal, and Oberon. A video interview with Niklaus Wirth is available at http://youtu.be/BJIqHIYSDrk. Wirth created some of the field´s integral programming languages, including Modula, Pascal, and Oberon, with a goal of improving how computer science is taught.
Keywords
Modula; Pascal; computer science education; teaching; Modula; Niklaus Wirth; Oberon; Pascal; computer science teaching; integral programming language; Computer science education; Education courses; Programming; Algol; FPGAs; MESA Fortran; Modula; Niklaus Wirth; Pascal; RISC; programming languages;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2012.245
Filename
6228569
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