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Models are easy when you turn every cow into a sphere. But physicists never believe their models respect the real world. Computer Science should be about the Sc
by Jasper_ 7y ago
Models are easy when you turn every cow into a sphere. But physicists never believe their models respect the real world. Computer Science should be about the Science of Computers, not hypothetical models acting on hypothetical architectures.
- duck2 7y agoComputer Science existed long before there were computers. I think the Science of Computers you mention is known as Computer Architecture.
- msla 7y ago> Computer Science existed long before there were computers. Not in its current form, and not if you define "computers" with a sufficiently broad net. (Or broad loom, tipping a hat to Jacquard... )
- msla 7y ago> Computer Science existed long before there were computers. No, various bits and pieces of it did, but not the whole, coherent field, which is motivated by the existence of computers.