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@Article{Bauer:1979:EPI,
  author =       "Michael A. Bauer",
  title =        "Experiences with {PASCAL} in an introductory course",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "11",
  number =       "1",
  pages =        "158--161",
  month =        feb,
  year =         "1979",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/953030.809574",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sun Nov 18 07:38:08 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1970.bib",
  note =         "Proceedings of the 10th SIGCSE Symposium on Computer
                 Science Education.",
  abstract =     "Beginning September, 1975, the Computer Science
                 Department at the University of Western Ontario
                 switched from FORTRAN to PASCAL as the primary language
                 in the first year introductory course. The motivation
                 for such a change was to introduce into the first year
                 course concepts and issues which were becoming central
                 to Computer Science. In particular, the instructors
                 involved in the course wished to (a) emphasize
                 algorithm design, effect of choice of representation on
                 design and the creation of well-structured programs,
                 (b) expose students to the use of a variety of control
                 structures and data structures, (c) introduce, at least
                 informally, the notions of complexity and correctness.
                 It was felt that not only would such a course provide a
                 good introduction to Computer Science for all students
                 taking the course, but that those continuing with
                 Computer Science as a chosen field would be
                 well-prepared for subsequent courses. Since PASCAL
                 could satisfy these requirements and a good
                 implementation (on a CDC Cyber 6600) of the language
                 was already available, it was the logical choice.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  fjournal =     "SIGCSE Bulletin (ACM Special Interest Group on
                 Computer Science Education)",
  journal-URL =  "http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?idx=J688",
}

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