Social and Ethical Issues in Programming Language Design
Can harm be done by designers of programming languages?
Software Can Kill: The Yakima Software Bug
The Yakima Software Bug (cont)
Who is responsible for damage caused by bugs in a program ?
Emergent Language Properties That Relate to Human Errors
Language Features Found to be Prone to Error:
Defensive Programming
Is There a Right to Program?
Learning to Program
Is Language Learnability Important from an Ethical Standpoint?
“Religious” Attitudes in Programming
Using Computer-Based Languages for Human Communication
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