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I would love for "Computology" to become the preferred term.
by white-flame 8y ago
I would love for "Computology" to become the preferred term.
- fnord123 8y agoComputational Science.
- adrianN 8y agoThat term is already taken for people who use computers to do science, e.g. physicists doing computational modelling.
- Bromskloss 8y agoDijkstra preferred "computing science", didn't he? Now, calling it "science" at all is problematic if you don't consider mathematics to be a science.
- fnord123 8y agoDo mathematicians perform experiments? Do people who research computation?
- Bromskloss 8y agoAre you discussing the questions of whether computer science is mathematics? Dijkstra considered it to be, and was not a fan of "experimental computer science".
- Wildgoose 8y agoMy degree is actually in "Computational Science" (University of Hull, England). However they decided to rename it to the standard "Computer Science" the year after I started.
- vram22 8y agoI've seen that in some UK univs they call it Computing. I think that's a better term. One short word, too.