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- From: richieb@bony1.bony.com (Richard Bielak)
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- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.123432.18806@bony1.bony.com>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 12:34:32 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.192410.6523@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1992Aug27.154823.583@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> <BtpAIn.EE5@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- Someone said earlier in this thread that "It is easier to teach a
- physics student to program, than it is to teach CS student physics."
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- This is just the kind of thing a physicist would say :-).
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- A computer scientist would say that "It is easier to teach physics to
- a CS student, than it is to teach a physics student to program."
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- ...richie
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