horne-scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne) (05/15/91)
In article <1991May12.224331.20754@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>, wangh@beasley.CS.ORST.EDU (Haiyan Wang) writes: <In article <TSAO.91May12145829@bacchus.tcad.ee.ufl.edu> tsao@tcad.ee.ufl.edu ( Tsao) writes: <> <>Interesting, would you tell me what is "Computer Science" ? < <I think there are plenty Computer Science major netter out there to answer <this question. Well, I'm a computer-"science" major (with a second major in Chinese language and literature), and I'm the one who originally raised this question on SCC. (Follow-ups to `comp.edu', please.) >They should be able to state the difference between computer <science and computer engineering than I do as I am majoring in physics. Fine. There's a difference between computer engineering and what is called computer science, but that doesn't mean that the term `computer science' is an accurate description of the field. You keep avoiding the question. Please tell us: What is scientific about computer "science"? --Scott -- Scott Horne ...!{harvard,cmcl2,decvax}!yale!horne horne@cs.Yale.edu SnailMail: Box 7196 Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 203 436-1817 Residence: Rm 1817 Silliman College, Yale Univ "All reactionaries are paper tigers." --Mao Zedong