[shepmaster]

I think that he's referring to a quote from Dijkstra: "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." [1] Said another way: it's just a joke :-).

[1] http://thinkexist.com/quotation/computer_science_is_no_more_...

[dasil003]

That's a nice quote, but if you could create a telescope that created more powerful telescopes then it'd be a better analogy.

[DanI-S]

Aside: you can, sort-of.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220172053.ht...

[dasil003]

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