A comparison of the comprehension of object-oriented and procedural programs by novice programmers
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Interacting with Computers
- Vol. 11 (3) , 255-282
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0953-5438(98)00029-0
Abstract
This paper reports on two experiments comparing mental representations and program comprehension by novices in the object-oriented and procedural styKeywords
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