Learning systems programming with Rust

Re:Learning systems programming with Rust by aidenn0 on Monday September 12, 2016 @03:11PM (#12482716)

I have seen some schools try move to separate the theoreticians and experimentalists into CS and Software Engineering. I think this is just as stupid as calling physics experimentalists "engineers," but the field is young enough that I may be wrong.

I have also seen people from the theoretical branch say with a straight face that if you're using a computer, you're not doing computer science, and the field should probably be renamed because it's confusing as-is.

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The theoreticians who think experimentalism has no place in CS love to wield the quote "Computer science is not about machines, in the same way that astronomy is not about telescopes. There is an essential unity of mathematics and computer science" out-of-context to support this claim (It was in a paper about developing elementary-school CS curriculum).

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Re:Learning systems programming with Rust by scott_s on Monday September 12, 2016 @03:27PM (#12482862)

I have also seen some schools offer separate CS and Software Engineering degrees. That may make sense: physics and mechanical engineering are different departments, with different courses. But that is a separate distinction, as most systems researchers I know would tend to remain on the CS side.

The degrees we offer, however, are distinct from the research communities. Related of course, but still distinct. In the computer science research communities I pay attention to, I have seen no such trend.

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