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PODC
2009
ACM
15 years 7 months ago
Memory models: a case for rethinking parallel languages and hardware
The era of parallel computing for the masses is here, but writing correct parallel programs remains far more difficult than writing sequential programs. Aside from a few domains,...
Sarita V. Adve
CAD
2004
Springer
14 years 9 months ago
Turtle geometry in computer graphics and computer-aided design
: LOGO is a programming language incorporating turtle graphics, originally devised for teaching computing to young children in elementary and middle schools. Here we advocate the u...
Ron Goldman, Scott Schaefer, Tao Ju
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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15 years 4 months ago
Thinking about computational thinking
Jeannette Wing’s call for teaching Computational Thinking (CT) as a formative skill on par with reading, writing, and arithmetic places computer science in the category of basic...
James J. Lu, George H. L. Fletcher
ACMSE
2004
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
JavaCHIME: Java class hierarchy inspector and method executer
Java has emerged as one of the most dynamic programming languages today. During the past eight years it has become a leading choice as the programming language for an introductory...
Pallavi Tadepalli, H. Conrad Cunningham
ERLANG
2004
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
HiPE on AMD64
Erlang is a concurrent functional language designed for developing large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant systems. The primary implementation of the language is the Erlang/OTP s...
Daniel Luna, Mikael Pettersson, Konstantinos F. Sa...