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You are splitting hairs. The logical reasoning underpinning theoretical CS is the same as that of Mathematics. Whether or not this has any bearing on the gender
by ninguem2 17y ago
You are splitting hairs. The logical reasoning underpinning theoretical CS is the same as that of Mathematics. Whether or not this has any bearing on the gender imbalance problem, I don't know, but at the level of this discussion, CS is Math.
- Rod 17y agoI totally agree!!! But let us NOT forget that the topic being discussed is the lack of women in programming & IT, not in CS or Math! I said there's no math in programming, which is not entirely accurate because some algorithms and stuff can be considered math. But still, let us keep in mind that HN is populated with über-hackers, the kind of people who are genuinely intelectually curious and learn stuff on their own. Thus, we discuss AI, ML and NLP here on HN often. But let us keep in mind that 90% or more of the programmers in this world are coding monkeys who don't care about elegant code and intellectual pursuits, they care about a pay check and going home before 19:00. Am I wrong?