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Creating New Programming Experiences Inspired by Boxer to Develop Computationally Literate Society

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Boxer suggests a medium that might be used by a computationally literate society. We do not have a computationally literate society, but we do have one where computation is pervasive. Reaching computational literacy will require us to invent media that reach citizens where they are, so that they can use computation for the kinds of tasks envisioned for Boxer. Teaspoon languages are task-specific languages designed to be highly usable. By developing and disseminating Teaspoon languages, we might move towards creating a computationally literate society.

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    Programming '22: Companion Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming
    March 2022
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    DOI:10.1145/3532512
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