The roots of Computer Science lie in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Maths. Both groups contributed tremendously (as well as a great number of other disci

The roots of Computer Science lie in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Maths. Both groups contributed tremendously (as well as a great number of other disciplines that saw its potential as a tool). My first contact with computers was with a CNC experimental machine (as a Mechanical Engineer) and the Electrical Dept. assigned someone from the Department for the lectures (early 80's in the UK) and that hooked me onto Computers:) At the same time the Electronics Engineers had quite a few options to take on Computer Science courses. However, just reading the disclaimers of liability that routinely accompany software bear witness to how far software engineering lies from the "established branches of engineering." No Engineer worth his salt in another Engineering discipline would ever dream of getting away with such a disclaimer! As such the field has been hijacked somewhere along the line away from Engineering:)