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Re:Defense of Lisp Macros by scott_s on Thursday July 25, 2024 @01:28PM (#41071173)
First, "computer engineering" is already a name for an established discipline. And regarding academic computer scientists, a significant amount of them are on the "systems" side; it would be inaccurate to call their work a specialization of math.
Re:Defense of Lisp Macros by erik_seaberg on Friday July 26, 2024 @02:23AM (#41076239)
At my university, "computer science" and "computer engineering" were under different departments, and the latter focused less on algorithms and more on embedded digital hardware.
Re:Defense of Lisp Macros by dartos on Friday July 26, 2024 @11:07AM (#41079221)
At mine they were the same department and degree, but different course “tracks”