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by nradov 3335 days ago
Where is the disdain?
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spc476 3335 days ago
The professors' contempt of computers? In a computer science department? I mean, it wasn't math I was majoring in ...
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akvadrako 3335 days ago
Originally CS was a branch of math, then the issue was confused because many places taught software engineering in CS departments, and finally we begane to settle on some sane terminology.

What I think they now commonly mean:

* CS is a branch of math

* the art of building software is engineering

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