From Principles to Practice with Class in the First Year

We propose a bridge between functional and object-oriented programming in the first-year curriculum. Traditionally, curricula that begin with functional programming transition to a professional, usually object-oriented, language in the second course. This transition poses obstacles for students, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sam Tobin-Hochstadt, David Van Horn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Publishing Association 2013-12-01
Series:Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.4713v2