Teaching linked lists and recursion without conditionals or null

Authors:
Stephen Bloch
Affiliations:
Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Venue:
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Year:
2003

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Abstract

We describe a natural and principled approach to teaching linked data structures and recursion in CS0, CS1 or CS2, and compare the difficulty of using this approach in C++, Java, and Scheme.