On the use of pointers and the teaching of disciplined programming

Authors:
Sergio E. R. Carvalho;Miguel Angelo A. Nóvoa
Affiliations:
Departamento de Informtáica, Pontifícla Unlversldade Católlca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil;Departamento de Informtáica, Pontifícla Unlversldade Católlca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Venue:
SIGCSE '76 Proceedings of the sixth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1976

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Abstract

In the past few years there has been considerable debate over the question of pointers in programming languages. Some maintain that pointers should not be allowed, while others try to restrict their use in a number of ways. In this paper we try to justify our view that pointers are a natural and useful way to teach beginners in Computer Science to manipulate list structures, provided a group of strong limitations is placed upon them. We define pointers in SPL, a language to teach beginners disciplined programming.