"human factors" and programming languages

als@tusc.com.au (Anthony Shipman)
22 Sep 1996 17:28:09 -0400

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From: als@tusc.com.au (Anthony Shipman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.compilers
Date: 22 Sep 1996 17:28:09 -0400
Organization: TUSC Computer Systems Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Keywords: design, question, comment

Has there been much research on programming languages from a "human factors"
viewpoint, much like there is with computer-human interfaces?
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Anthony Shipman
TUSC Computer Systems Pty Ltd
E-mail: als@tusc.com.au
[I believe I've seen some such work. One paper said that for people with no
previous programming experience, a looping model of "do something, then
repeat it until condition satisfied" is more easily grasped than the usual
do while. -John]
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