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- From: eichmann@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (David Eichmann)
- Newsgroups: comp.edu
- Subject: Re: Are programmers Computer Scientists?
- Message-ID: <2250@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 21:51:37 GMT
- References: <1992Sep3.174548.29169@ulowell.ulowell.edu> <Sep03.194343.67982@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Organization: WVU Statistics and Computer Science
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- rro@cs.ColoState.EDU (Rod Oldehoeft) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Sep3.174548.29169@ulowell.ulowell.edu>, wex@cs.ulowell.edu (Paul M. Wexelblat) writes:
- ...
- >|>
- >|> 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?]
-
- >This is related to the question "Are all programmers software
- >engineers?" In industriana the two terms have become somewhat
- >interchangeable. However, software engineering also has a
- >definition as a discipline (mostly) within computer science.
-
- And then, of course, there's "Are all computer scientists software
- engineers?" Having had the opportunity to wear both hats, I prefer
- the following analogy:
-
- Computer Science ----> Chemistry
- Software Engineering ----> Chemical Engineering
-
- although it really doesn't address a number of nuances, particularly
- legal and psychological.
-
- - Dave
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