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- From: mrh7507@tamsun.tamu.edu (Michael Hand)
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- Subject: Re: What is Computer Science (was: Natural Kinds)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.200723.15798@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 20:07:23 GMT
- Article-I.D.: tamsun.1992Nov10.200723.15798
- Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
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- Kaushik Banerjee writes:
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- >Computer Science is something one can find gainful employment
- >in; mathematics is something one can not find gainful
- >employment in.
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- Yes, let's not forget that the only good reason for a student
- to attend a university is to make possible future gainful
- employment, and the university's *raison d'etre* is to
- prepare students for same.
- B-o} Michael
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