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- From: sloan@cis.uab.edu (Kenneth Sloan)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.152434.7721@cis.uab.edu>
- Organization: CIS, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- References: <1992Aug31.184805.10913@texhrc.uucp> <1992Sep1.000910.16548@cis.ohio-state.edu> <BtwJGC.1F1@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:24:34 GMT
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- In article <BtwJGC.1F1@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles Blair) writes:
- >zweben@linguine.cis.ohio-state.edu (Stu Zweben) writes:
- >
- >>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.
- I do not see why somebody intending to do programming work, even in a
- real world setting, needs a college degree at all.
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- [of course, I also do not see why any self-respecting degree program
- needs the trappings and hassle of dealing with the CSAB]
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