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From: thornton@ssc-vax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: What is Computer Science?
Message-ID: <933@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 14:40:40 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 11 14:40:40 1987
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The study of computers isn't science, unless one extends the definition
of computer beyond the digital instruments we all are familiar with.
After all, anyone with a background in chemistry and physics knows
exactly how a computer works.  Writing compilers and computer languages
is not science.

Most CS majors are not scientists. They are programmers.
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