See below the "good ink" Ada just got as a by-product of a SIGCSE member asking about if Pascal is holding its market share in academia. --HH >Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:37:16 -0600 >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Sender: SIGCSE Member Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: Don Bagert <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: PASCAL for CS1 >To: [log in to unmask] > >The things I found most interesting about these numbers: > >1. Ada is holding steady, and has a higher following than I would expect >(about one-sixth of the universities). >2. Java does not have a large following for the intro course yet, although >many people talk about going to it for CS1. >3. Various versions of Modula are still used by almost 10% of the schools, >although the number is shrinking slightly. >4. Smalltalk, which was increasing in popularity in the OO community before >Java was introduced, seems to have leveled off. > >Don > >Bob Noonan wrote: > >> > Can anyone out there give me an idea about how much is the PASCAL >> > programming language is still in use for the intoduction to programming >> > course in computer science departments? >> >> Here is Dick Reid's data summarized for the last few years: >> >> Fall94 Fall95 Fall96 Fall97 Fall98 >> >> Ada 15.6% 16.5% 14.6% 16.3% 15.6% >> Beta 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% >> Blue 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% >> C 8.7% 8.8% 10.0% 9.9% 10.4% >> C++ 5.0% 7.7% 17.1% 17.4% 18.4% >> Eiffel 0.2% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% >> Fortran 2.2% 1.8% 1.8% 1.7% 1.7% >> Haskel 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% >> Haskell 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% >> ISETL 0.5% 0.45% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% >> Java 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 1.5% >> ML 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% >> Miranda 0.7% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% >> Modula 9.7% 7.9% 6.3% 6.1% 5.9% >> Modula-2 2.7% 2.9% 3.0% 2.9% 2.8% >> Modula-3 0.5% 0.45% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% >> Oberon 0.2% 0.45% 0.4% 0.4% 0.6% >> Oberon-2 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% >> ObjPascal 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% >> Orwell 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% >> Pascal 37.6% 35.5% 29.7% 28.1% 26.8% >> Prolog 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% >> SML 1.2% 1.35% 1.2% 1.3% 1.3% >> Scheme 12.1% 11.3% 10.0% 9.4% 9.3% >> Simula 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% >> Smalltalk 0.2% 0.2% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% >> Turing 1.5% 1.35% 1.0% 1.0% 0.7% >> >> TOTALS 404 442 508 523 538 >> >> This is in response to the following question: >> >> Please help me get your entry right by answering: >> >> What language(s) is(are) used in the FIRST course the MAJORITY >> of your Computer Science majors take as their FIRST CS course >> at your College or University? Be sure you have the name of >> your College or Univeisity included. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dick >> [log in to unmask] >> >> Enjoy. >> >> R. Noonan >> ---- >> Robert Noonan ([log in to unmask]) >> College of William and Mary >> http://www.cs.wm.edu/~noonan/ > >-- >Donald J. Bagert, Ph.D., P.E. >Associate Professor >Department of Computer Science >Texas Tech University >8th and Boston >Lubbock TX 79409-3104 USA >Email: [log in to unmask] >Voice: 806-742-1189 >Fax: 806-742-3519 >