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- Newsgroups: comp.edu
- Path: sparky!uunet!ulowell!wex
- From: wex@cs.ulowell.edu (Paul M. Wexelblat)
- Subject: Are programmers Computer Scientists?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.174548.29169@ulowell.ulowell.edu>
- Originator: wex@bigmax.ulowell.edu
- Sender: usenet@ulowell.ulowell.edu (News manager - ulowell)
- Reply-To: wex@cs.ulowell.edu
- Organization: Univ. of Lowell CS Dept.
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:45:48 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- There are currently (I know "presently means "soon", not "now")
- several threads running in this group that seem to have a similar
- basis. This question is prompted by the discussion of
- "how many Fortran coders does it take to..."
-
- The (quite valid) question raised is whether Fortran should be
- taught to CS students.
-
- My question is:
-
- Just because someone programs (is required to program)
- a. Is that person a Computer Scientist
- b. Should that person be called a Computer Scientist.
-
- -or-
- are all programmers Computer Scientists?
- [are all programming courses CS courses?]
-
- --
- You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
-
- ...Wex
-