An Empirical Investigation into Programming Language Syntax

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Using Large Language Models to Enhance Programming Error Messages (2022, background): “Instructors report that they spend a considerable amount of time helping novices with these often cryptic messages [14, 29, 30, 34].”
Learnable programming (2017, background): “ all levels can benet from working online. 3.4.2 Words, Concepts, and Abstractions The names chosen for language constructs can have an impact on learnability. Empirical studies by Stek and Seibert [34] have found that common keywords like for or operators such as != serve as hard-to-learn jargon, a”
Introductory programming: a systematic literature review (2018, background): “While all of the language-based papers mentioned above have the potential to guide educators in their own choice of language, a number of authors make that guidance the focus of their papers. de Raadt et al. [152] discuss the industry and academic implications of the choice of language; Parker et al”