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The consequences of one's first programming language
Author(s) -
Wexelblat Richard L.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380110709
Subject(s) - programmer , computer science , phenomenon , programming language , style (visual arts) , very high level programming language , programming style , linguistics , programming paradigm , epistemology , functional logic programming , geography , inductive programming , philosophy , archaeology
After seeing many programs written in one language, but with the style and structure of another, I conducted an informal survey to determine whether this phenomenon was widespread and to determine how much a programmer's first programming language might be responsible. This paper discusses my observations, gives informal results of the survey and suggests the need for a more formal study.