Todd Walton wrote: > On 8/23/07, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Todd Walton wrote: >>> On 8/23/07, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Software != Engineering >>> I looked up "engineering". I had to. Most accounts of engineering >>> (on m-w.com and using Google's define:) say it involves applying >>> science and math to practical problems. >>> >>> So, does software apply science and math to practical problems? And >>> the corollary question: Is computing "science"? >>> >> I suggest there might be other definitions worth considering, before >> actually taking up the questions you ask. > > Of course.
I do think it's a rich question area, but nobody seems in the mood to pursue this, just now. Maybe everybody who might contribute has already been through similar discussions before. /Software Engineering/ is *not really* engineering and /Computer Science/ is *not really* science are serious theses as well as good trolls. There should be wikipedia pages on these subjects -- how about you do a report on that? :-) Regards, jim Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
