* Paul Seamons [Wed, 26 Sep 2007 at 09:12 -0600] > > but it's a necessary foundation for > > computing nonetheless. > > Hmmmmm. I find the word "computing" a little fuzzy here. I think there are > plenty of use cases that show people who have gotten much done while > computing without any CS foundation at all
Computing here does not merely mean using computers, nor simply programing them. Computing in this context is fundementally just that, computing. It's going from a problem to a solution, from data to action, from business idea to profit, from students to professionals, you get the idea. (remember, computers existed before computers existed, they were people who computed). Computer Science has application in all those things and more. It is very fundemental to todays world. Back when the extent of our computations were plant seeds and grow food, shoot gun and kill food, kill trees and build homes were the extent of our computations, an advanced field in the theory of such was unnecessary. However now where "computers" permeate every aspect of our lives, being able to reason about computations and optimize them or know when they aren't even computable is indeed very beneficial. Von Fugal
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