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The beginning of this lecture (30 seconds in) by Harold Abelson (author of SICP - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) explains why Computer Scien

The beginning of this lecture (30 seconds in) by Harold Abelson (author of SICP - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) explains why Computer Science is a terrible name here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J_xL4IGhJA&list=PLE18841CABEA24090 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J_xL4IGhJA&list=PLE18841CAB... Not sure about the year.

ldjb 5y ago
That lecture (from 2005) is how I first came across this idea of computer science not being about computers. It was interesting (though not massively surprising) to discover that similar arguments have been made for several decades earlier.
- creamytaco 5y ago
  That video lecture is from 1986.
  - ldjb 5y ago
    Thanks, I stand corrected. Part of me did think 2005 would have been a bit too recent.
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