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Could someone help me understand the significance of this long-running debate? What is different about a world in which CS is a science and a world in which CS
by DanAndersen 11y ago
Could someone help me understand the significance of this long-running debate? What is different about a world in which CS is a science and a world in which CS is not a science?
- weixiyen 11y agoa few people's egos
- virmundi 11y agoWe'd have to rename the whole field. The cost in letterhead changes alone would make it prohibitive.
- Retra 11y agoMisappropriation of expertise: there is no advantage to having a bunch of people running around thinking they are scientists when they've had next to zero scientific training.
- sanderjd 11y agoWell, I don't think the debate over the terminology itself is very significant, but I do think there's an ongoing debate over how computing should be taught, and who should learn it, which is significant. Perhaps the battle lines in the two debates are drawn in similar places. In any case, the article has some interesting things to say about all the different things computing is or can be, even if you ignore the stuff about whether "science" is the right word.