DocumentCode
144956
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
fYear
2014
fDate
11-13 April 2014
Firstpage
64
Lastpage
69
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Teaching and Learning in Computing and Engineering (LaTiCE), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kuching
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LaTiCE.2014.20
Filename
6821830
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