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From: agw@garfield.columbia.edu (Art Werschulz)
Newsgroups: net.cse
Subject: Re: Math and CS
Message-ID: <1413@garfield.columbia.edu>
Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 10:03:03 EST
Article-I.D.: garfield.1413
Posted: Wed Mar  5 10:03:03 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Mar-86 08:21:10 EST
References: <256@hropus.UUCP> <6400005@ccvaxa> <77@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Organization: Columbia University CS Department
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Summary: I agree with C. Wingate

In article <77@umcp-cs.UUCP>, mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) writes:
> A side note on math and CS-ers:
> 
> I too have noticed that computer science types tend to have trouble with
> math.  Here at UMCP they are required to take the first two calculus
> courses, and you've never heard such wailing and gnashing of teeth (except
> in the elementary CS courses, which baffle EVERYONE).  I'm not sure why this
> is, but I suspect it has to do with the supposed effects of woodpeckers on
> buildings built by CS people.
> 
> C. Wingate

I too have notced this.  I don't think this is a local phenomenon,
having taught at both University of Maryland Baltimore County and at
Fordham University.  I'm still looking for a good explanation.

	Art Werschulz

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