edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall) (02/13/91)
In article <1991Feb11.161231.16798@cs.fau.edu> ERTEM@ACC.FAU.EDU writes: >In article <1991Feb11.004336.26106@rand.org> edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall) writes: > [stuff deleted...] >>Data compression is meaningless outside of a computer context; it is >>arguably as much a part of computer science as compiler writing or >>microprocessor design. > >. . . . However, digital communications >is not part of computer science. I also have doubts about microprocessor design >being only a CS area too. > >M. C. Ertem >Electrical Engineering Dept. <---- Where else would you expect anyway? *Sigh* Mathematicians think CS is engineering, while engineers think it is mathematics. The truth is, both paradigms apply. CS was still cross-disciplinary, last time I checked... My mistake was saying ``a computer context'' rather than ``the context of computing.'' -Ed Hall edhall@rand.org