Sharing Is Scaring: Linking Cloud File-Sharing to Programming Language Semantics
Users often struggle with cloud file-sharing applications. Problems appear to arise not only from interface flaws, but also from misunderstanding the underlying semantics of operations like linking, attaching, downloading, and editing. We argue that these difficulties echo long-standing challenges in understanding concepts in programming languages like aliasing, copying, and mutation.
Authors
- Shriram Krishnamurthi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-1975)
- Kathi Fisler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-8206)
- Skyler Austen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6256-4077)
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3759429.3762621
- Primary Topic
- Cloud Computing and Resource Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation