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Re:Blum: “The proof is wrong. I shall elaborate precisely wh... by bowaggoner on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:40PM (#15144192)
CS as practiced today contains elements of math, engineering, and the sciences (though rarely at the same time). I have a bit on this you might find interesting: http://bowaggoner.com/whatiscomputerscience.html#medium
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Re:Blum: “The proof is wrong. I shall elaborate precisely wh... by dekhn on Friday September 01, 2017 @02:09PM (#15150990)
I'm not seeing any "science" in CS. I work at a company based on CS, I have a PhD in a quantitative physical field, and I don't really CS as being science. It's theoretical and applied math that happens to be executed on computers.
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