mash@mips.UUCP (06/07/87)
In article <94@spdcc.COM> dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes: >>In some cases, a good path is to do an MS CMPSC, work for a few years, >>then do something like the Wang Institute software engineering program. > >"Something like" is indeed the word. For those of you who haven't heard >it, the Wang Institute is officially defunct as of last month..... This is very depressing. I've passed by much of this discussion, having been away, but it seems to me that there is: a) computer science b) software engineering and many of the discussions have confused the two, both of which are important, just like both physics and EE are important. The W.I. program was one of the few (if not only) higher degree programs geared to software engineering, rather than being a CS program with occasional software engineering. Most teaching of software engineering in universities (at the undergrad level, anyway) occurs mostly because a few teachers believe it's important and slip it in, although at least some places do have a few courses dedicated to it. [It's difficult and expensive to teach at school.] It's not surprising that people get confused: computer science and software engineering aren't the same [and shouldn't be]. Again, it is very sad that the Insititute is defunct. -- -john mashey DISCLAIMER: <generic disclaimer, I speak for me only, etc> UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!mips!mash, DDD: 408-720-1700, x253 USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 E. Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086