IS ABSTRACTION THE KEY TO COMPUTING?
The article discusses the use of abstraction in computer programming. The author suggests that the biggest factor in determining the talent of a computer programmer is their ability to perform abstract thinking and to exhibit abstraction skills. The author examines the use of abstraction in computer...
| Published in: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 37 - 43 |
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Association for Computing Machinery
Apr2007
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