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The result was keep. Chaser - T 17:15, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Essentials of Programming Languages

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non-notable book. I originally speedied it but evidently A7 doesn't apply to books so here it is.-- ugen64 17:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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Courses using this text[1]:

  • C311: Introduction to Programming Languages, at Indiana University
  • CS 373: Programming Language Structures, Lewis and Clark College
  • CS 341: Survey of Programming Languages, Gettysburg College
  • CS784: Programming Languages at Wright State University
  • CS312 Programming Language Design, Washington & Lee University
  • CS380: Organization of Programming Languages, at Seattle University
  • B521: Programming Languages, at Indiana University
  • Comp311: Principles of Computing and Programming, at Rice University
  • COM3351: Principles of Programming Languages, at Northeastern University
  • CS722-F: Principles of Programming Languages, at National Technological University
  • CS217: Programming Languages, at Carleton College
  • CS455: Programming Systems and Languages, at Washington University
  • CPSC 311 Definition of Programming Languages, at University of British Columbia
  • CPSC 511 Porgramming Languages, at University of British Columbia
  • CS330: Concepts of Programming Languages, at Brigham Young University
  • Com S342: Principles of Programming Languages, at Iowa State
  • CS345: Programming Languages, at the University of Texas
  • C311: Programming Languages, at Indiana University South Bend
  • CS450: Organization of Programming Languages, University of Hawaii at Hilo
  • 20504: Workshop: Essentials of Programming Languages at The Open University of Israel
  • CS173: Programming Languages, Brown University
  • CS350: Programming Language Concepts, University of Regina
  • EECS761 Programming Language Paradigms, University of Kansas
That seems pretty notable to me --MarSch 10:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Twenty-three out of -- how many? 2,500? -- colleges and universities in North America? That's about the total number of colleges and universities in Washington State alone. Seems pretty unnotable to me. --Calton | Talk 15:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I was right about to vote delete (though it pained me to vote to delete a scheme book) before MarSch posted. Anywho, per WP:NB, being the text book for courses at multiple universities is sufficient for notability, bookwise. Someguy1221 10:13, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. but I hope MarSch can provide the websites if someone bugs him for them. Someguy1221 10:14, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  • The links to the actual websites are on the bottom of the homepage of the book, also linked above. --MarSch 09:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. It's a textbook, so (surprise surprise) it's used by some schools. If your only references that discuss this are lists of schools using it, it's nothing more than a directory listing. --Calton | Talk 15:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. There's a review in ACM Computing Reviews, May 2001, by Max Hailperin. I'm having trouble accessing the whole review right now, but the snippet I can see reads "The first edition of this book [1] has been so influential that the initials EOPL are a widely understood shorthand. It is still the primary representative of one school of thought regarding how programming language principles should be..." which is enough to convince me that this is an important text. This review (and the review of the first edition in the Feb 1, 1994 issue of Computing Reviews, and the review in J. Functional Programming 13:829-831 would likely make adequate secondary sources for a more complete article. —David Eppstein 05:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I haven't heard of it myself, but if ACM Computing Reviews calls it very influential, that seems sufficiently notable to me. --Delirium 07:06, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
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