Social and Ethical Issues in Programming Language Design

• Can harm be done by designers of programming languages?

• Support for system safety in P.L.

• Security policies.

• Who gets to program?

• Should languages be easy to learn or easy to use?

• Is there a right to literacy in programming? (to read programs? to write programs?)

• What part do programming languages play in ethical and unethical uses of technology?

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