Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2023 September 18

= September 18 =

Universities that transitioned their Programming I-II course.
Somewhat of a poll. Does anyone know what years certain universities (like maybe ones you attended) changed the language of their Programming I-II course. For example, I attended a 4-year state university in Chicago/USA, and fall 2006 was the last year Programming I was C++. Fall 2007 it became Java. Before C++, it was Pascal. I don't know what year it changed from Pascal, but likely in the 1980s. I'm curious to know about Programming I and II are in other continents, and what they changed from. Also when my university transitioned from C++ to Java, there was no time it offered both courses at the same time. I suspect larger universities do? Thanks. 170.76.231.162 (talk) 18:31, 18 September 2023 (UTC).
 * Names of courses is an issue here. Many early courses around the world that were primarily about programming didn't have that name. In the 1960s, in Melbourne, Australia, I learnt Fortran and Assembler language in a course called Theory of Computation. HiLo48 (talk) 02:10, 19 September 2023 (UTC)


 * At least in Europe, the preferred teaching language before Pascal was ALGOL 60. I think the switch to Pascal took mainly place in the period of 1975 to 1980. --Lambiam 10:02, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * At Durham University 1976-9 the teaching language was PL/1 (including its minor variant PL/C). Those doing engineering also has a one week crash course after exams in FORTRAN IV. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 10:14, 19 September 2023 (UTC)


 * When I took Introduction to CS in 1974, besides general computer information, programming was in BASIC. Then I took language-specific courses in FORTRAN and COBOL. They also had a RPG course, but I didn't take it. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 20:54, 21 September 2023 (UTC)