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From: eugene@pioneer.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Is Computer Science Science?
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Date: Thu, 17-Sep-87 01:45:57 EDT
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Keywords: computers Science not bloody likely

Not a science yet, but as Mike Shafto pointed out. Denning will have
column in American Scientist on this (I am reviewing) Nov. maybe.  I will have
two papers on this in ACM Software Engineering Notes (positive
suggestions for improvements), and I also suggest reading the paper
by Knuth in 1985 Amer. Math. Monthly on the differences between
Mathematical and Algorithmic thinking (Computation != math),
and oh yes, Simon's "Sciences of the Artificial" especially the
chapter on Empiricism (and his Turing award lecture).

Summary and concesses?  It aspires, it's different from other sciences,
it can be improved.  Need we say more?

From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:

--eugene miya
  NASA Ames Research Center
  eugene@ames-aurora.ARPA
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