Why I do declare!: declarative programming in the undergraduate curriculum

Authors:
Samuel A. Rebelsky;Peter B. Henderson;Amruth N. Kumar;F. N. (Fred) Springsteel
Affiliations:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA;Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN;Department of Computer Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ;Comp. Science & Engineering, Missouri University, College of Engineering, Columbia, MO
Venue:
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Year:
2001

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Abstract

Many curricular guidelines, such as the Recommended Curriculum for Computer Science at Liberal Arts Colleges [4], suggest that students be exposed to many different programming paradigms (e.g., imperative, functional, object-oriented, declarative) in the undergraduate curriculum. Some institutions believe that students should have early exposure to many paradigms, often as early as the first two courses.Many institutions emphasize object-oriented programming early in the curriculum. Some also include functional programming. Imperative topics are often covered in courses that emphasize object-oriented or functional issues. Where does declarative programming fit? Sometimes not until an upper-level language paradigms course or artificial intelligence course. Sometimes it never fits, at least not explicitly.