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  1. Newsgroups: comp.edu
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!marlin.jcu.edu.au!coral.cs.jcu.edu.au!farrell
  3. From: farrell@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (John Farrell)
  4. Subject: Re: Are computer "scientists" really scientists? (was: Are programmers Computer Scientists?)
  5. Message-ID: <farrell.715940729@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au>
  6. Sender: news@marlin.jcu.edu.au (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: James Cook University
  8. References: <1992Sep3.174548.29169@ulowell.ulowell.edu> <Sep03.194343.67982@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <2250@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> <1992Sep4.172303.2572@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Sep4.173115.3743@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Sep8.045156.6935@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
  9. Date:  8 Sep 92 08:25:29 GMT
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  12. In <1992Sep8.045156.6935@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes:
  13. >In my opinion, the core of the C.S. discipline is concerned with
  14. >speeding up computers.
  15.  
  16. >The alternate core of C.S. is concerned with making computers easier
  17. >to use.  This covers everything user interface to language design to
  18. >O/S research to network design, and so on.
  19.  
  20.   I don't agree entirely with either view. Neither fast nor easy to use
  21. computers are much use if you've got bugs in your program. I suggest that
  22. computer science is just as much about finding a way to write correct programs
  23. despite human failings, as anything else. There are certainly enormous
  24. economic benefits to be had if you can be sure that your program is correct!
  25.  
  26. John
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