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From: horne-scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne)
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Subject: Re: most respected chinese SCIENTISTs
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Date: 14 May 91 19:02:39 GMT
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In article <1991May12.224331.20754@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>, wangh@beasley.CS.ORST.EDU (Haiyan Wang) writes:
<In article <TSAO.91May12145829@bacchus.tcad.ee.ufl.edu> tsao@tcad.ee.ufl.edu ( Tsao) writes:
<>
<>Interesting, would you tell me what is "Computer Science" ?
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<I think there are plenty Computer Science major netter out there to answer
<this question.

Well, I'm a computer-"science" major (with a second major in Chinese language
and literature), and I'm the one who originally raised this question on SCC.
(Follow-ups to `comp.edu', please.)

>They should be able to state the difference between computer
<science and computer engineering than I do as I am majoring in physics.

Fine.  There's a difference between computer engineering and what is called
computer science, but that doesn't mean that the term `computer science'
is an accurate description of the field.

You keep avoiding the question.  Please tell us:  What is scientific about
computer "science"?

					--Scott

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