Title :
C++ or Python? Which One to Begin with: A Learner´s Perspective
Author :
Ateeq, Muhammad ; Habib, Hina ; Umer, Adnan ; Rehman, Muzammil Ul
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & IT, Islamia Univ. of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Abstract :
Programming is pivotal to the field of Computing. C++ and Java have long been choice for an introductory programming course. Off late the trend has been to adopt Python as an introductory programming language for various reasons. In this paper we present results of a study on comparison of C++ and Python as an introductory programming language. Results indicate that due to its simpler, pseudocodish syntax, easy to learn environment and higher abstraction more student choose Python as an introductory programming language compared to C++.
Keywords :
C++ language; computer science education; educational courses; C++; Java; Python; abstraction; introductory programming course; introductory programming language; learner perspective; pseudocodish syntax; Computer languages; Educational institutions; Problem-solving; Programming profession; Syntactics; C++; Introductory Programming; Learner; Python;
Conference_Titel :
Teaching and Learning in Computing and Engineering (LaTiCE), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuching
DOI :
10.1109/LaTiCE.2014.20
