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computer science vs. computers

computer science vs. computers

Posted Jul 27, 2007 18:48 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: computer science vs. computers by stevenj
Parent article: Where have the universities gone?

Edsger Dijkstra, the greatest software scientist that ever lived, said: "Computer science is as much about computers as astronomy is about telescopes."

I agree, but we all know that a "computer science" undergraduate education is mainly intended, and implemented, as software engineering vocational training.


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