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| Title | Article: World Languages Vs. Programming Languages |
| Body | From http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124634 World Languages Vs. Programming Languages Some states have proposed and passed legislation introducing coding into school curriculum. This past May, Arkansas passed a comprehensive law requiring all public and charter schools to offer computer science courses and New Mexico and Kentucky have proposed similar legislation. However, a newly proposed policy in Florida appears to be the first that would allow languages to be fully replaced with coding. A survey by Oraco Technology in the U.K. announced that Python overtook French as the most popular language learned in primary schools and that six out of ten parents would rather have their children learn to program than learn French. The description of both subjects as languages is suggestive of an academic overlap. However, while programming and linguistics do share certain aspects, as Amy Hirotka from code.org says, “We still believe [coding] is fundamentally different than a world language.” Read the full article at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124634 |
| Source | Language Magazine |
| Inputdate | 2015-10-24 09:53:12 |
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| Publishdate | 2015-10-26 02:15:01 |
| Displaydate | 2015-10-26 00:00:00 |
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