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Re:Physicists make most precise measurement ever of the prot... by miko1293949 on Sunday November 26, 2017 @09:59AM (#15781122)
Science in CS is an abused term.
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Re:Physicists make most precise measurement ever of the prot... by moron4hire on Sunday November 26, 2017 @10:47AM (#15781363)
No, computer science is not the same thing as software development. There is a lot of science in computer science, you probably just haven't been exposed to it.
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Re:Physicists make most precise measurement ever of the prot... by phkahler on Sunday November 26, 2017 @11:39AM (#15781639)
I think there is a lot of math in computer science and not as much science.
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Re:Physicists make most precise measurement ever of the prot... by perl4ever on Sunday November 26, 2017 @11:48AM (#15781682)
Math and logic may be called "formal sciences" as opposed to "natural sciences".
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Re:Physicists make most precise measurement ever of the prot... by moron4hire on Thursday November 30, 2017 @09:08AM (#15815771)
Benchmarking programs is runnimg an empirical experiment. There is a lot of science in computer science.
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