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From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/05/02
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In article <5kb91p$1bc@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> kaz@vision.crest.nt.com (Kaz Kylheku) writes:

> Some aspects of CS have a scientific flavor; there is a fair degree
> of empiricism.  Whenever you prototype some software, or profile the
> performance of a program, you are doing an experiment that is not
> unlike a scientific experiment. You

That's only a part of the story.  In CS you are dealing with
intentional artifacts and IMO that alone snuffs the "science" part.
As I say, others will disagree...

/Jon

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