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Which computer language?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

R.H. Macmillan
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Any discussion of languages suitable to be taught in school mathematics classes must first attempt to answer the question as to whether computer programming ought to form any part of the mathematics curriculum. The answer is by no means obvious, especially when the view has been expressed by the editor of this journal that “all programming languages (though particularly BASIC) are inimical to mathematical thinking at a higher level ”.

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Research Article
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 77 , Issue 479 , July 1993 , pp. 242 - 246
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1993

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