Re: <<Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines>>

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It's the difference between a programmer, and a computer scientist. The basis of computer science is not computers, and nor is it programming. The basis is math.

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Re^2: Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 30, 2004 at 17:12 UTC
As in a quote I put on my homenode long ago: Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. — Edsger W. Dijkstra Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re^2: <<Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines>> by ccn (Vicar) on Aug 30, 2004 at 14:59 UTC
A sum of a natural sequence is taught in school. Fourteen years old schoolboy is not a computer scientist yet, but he can be a pretty good programmer. :)	[reply]

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