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- From: ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles Blair)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <1992Aug31.133811.3626@crd.ge.com> <1992Aug31.144045.11416@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Aug31.184805.10913@texhrc.uucp> <1992Sep1.000910.16548@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 13:43:09 GMT
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- zweben@linguine.cis.ohio-state.edu (Stu Zweben) writes:
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- >This is one of the main reasons that the Computing Sciences Accreditation
- >Board was formed by ACM and IEEE-CS in the mid-80s. Programs that are
- >accredited through CSAB must require 2/5 of a year of science (four courses,
- >including the equivalent of a two-semester sequence in a lab science for
- >science majors, and ...
-
- I do not see why somebody intending to programming work, even in a real
- world setting, needs two semesters of lab science.
-