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From: hcc@cs.olemiss.edu (Conrad Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.icon
Subject: Use of Icon in Support of Coursework??
Message-ID: <1991Mar13.144400.20767@cs.olemiss.edu>
Date: 13 Mar 91 14:44:00 GMT
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
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A question for academics who use Icon in support of undergraduate- or
graduate-level courses:  In what kinds of courses, at what levels, and
in what ways is Icon used in support of teaching--particularly in
computing science?  What are the advantages/disadvantages to use of
Icon in comparison to other languages?  What are the available
textbooks?

Motivation for question:  most of the coursework in my department uses
Pascal, C, or Ada for laboratory exercises.  Since joining this
department two years ago I have been looking for appropriate ways to
broaden our students "exposure" to different styles, paradigms, and
approaches to programming.  For example, I've developed or am
developing elective courses in program derivation, functional
programming (lazy), and concurrent programming.  I was just wondering
what place Icon has in existing or potentially new courses.

Thanks,
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H. Conrad Cunningham  | Dept. of Computer & Info. Sci., Univ. of Mississippi
Tel:  (601) 232-5358  | 302 Weir Hall, University, MS 38677  U.S.A.
Fax:  (601) 232-7010  | Email:  cunningham@cs.olemiss.edu 
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