Yasha/Lamar + 1 for your views on these comparisons, and Lamar's university's
conclusions (and justifications thereto) when done, on or off list.
William.
On Monday, February 22, 2016 6:54 PM, Lamar Owen <[email protected]> wrote:
On 02/22/2016 11:50 AM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> would it be appropriate for me to post a response? The differences
> are deep and fundamental.
>
I can't answer that; a moderator would need to. I would personally
welcome a direct e-mail with the explanation myself, as my .edu is
currently investigating 'CS' curricula (where 'CS' is the
Google/Microsoft version and not the ACM version of 'CS').
And for the list, one of the more fascinating things you are likely to
ever read is Yasha Karant's 'A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES)' which is available at
http://www.csci.csusb.edu/ykarant/cryptography/aes-cartoon.pdf ; I
certainly found it interesting.
My paragraph was simply there to let you know that there are probably
many more IT folk here than CS folk, and IT folk tend to have a very
hands-on and practical 'here's the standard way to do it' answer and an
eye towards maintainability, and all of that is just a part of the IT
mindset. Neither is the more correct mindset; the mindsets are just
different. A CIS-mindset is yet even more different, but that's not
nearly as well represented here, nor are the CE or SE mindsets, but the
IT mindset is very much predominant here. As well, it was to serve to
let the list as a whole know that there are different mindsets out there
that are very different from the typical sysadmin IT-centric mindset.
