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It's not really philosophically, though. As a pure mathematician, I would not consider CS a subfield of math. The spirit of math is really studying abstract axi
by vouaobrasil 3y ago
It's not really philosophically, though. As a pure mathematician, I would not consider CS a subfield of math. The spirit of math is really studying abstract axiomatic systems, and while CS in theory is sort of like that, in actual practice, CS is too tied and focused on the actual instantiation of computers to really have the spirit of math.
- mayd 3y agoMany would disagree with your characterisation of pure mathematics, computer science, or both. And I am certain that computer science yields nothing to pure mathematics in her pursuit of abstraction.
- vouaobrasil 3y agoAll I know is that when I read computer science, it doesn't feel like math at all. Other people can characterize it however they choose.
- gwbas1c 3y agoMost CS in practice is really software engineering