Thoughts on Learning Human and Programming Languages
arXiv:2407.15907 · doi:10.1109/MCSE.2024.3398949
Abstract
This is a virtual dialog between Jeffrey C. Carver and Daniel S. Katz on how people learn programming languages. It's based on a talk Jeff gave at the first US-RSE Conference (US-RSE'23), which led Dan to think about human languages versus computer languages. Dan discussed this with Jeff at the conference, and this discussion continued asynchronous, with this column being a record of the discussion.
submitted version of a Software Engineering Department column now published as: D. S. Katz and J. C. Carver, "Thoughts on Learning Human and Programming Languages," Computing in Science & Engineering, v.26(1), Jan.-Mar. 2024