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- From: ak45ldp@Texaco.com (Larry D. Pyeatt)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
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- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:41:33 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.
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- If all you want to do is program, you don't need a CS degree. You can get
- a degree in MIS or Computer Engineering. MIS degrees prepare one for
- programming in a buisness setting. CE is a more broad than MIS, with a
- software/hardware engineering slant. CS is more science than engineering.
- However, it is a science of "how things should be" as much as it is a
- science of "how things are."
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