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In message <7FKhc.1320$17.155177_at_news1.epix.net>, Senny
<sennomo_at_hotmail.com> writes
>ROOT PROBLEM:
>
>Computer science lacks a precise terminology. This is the
>real problem we have to tackle if we wish to fix the specific problem of
>database theory discussion.
EVEN DEEPER PROBLEM Computer Science (to me at least) seems not to be science at all. It's actually maths.
And while the two may morph into each other, Computer Science seems to belong firmly in the "pure maths" category which, by definition, is not scientific at all.
Cheers,
Wol
-- Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk HEX wondered how much he should tell the Wizards. He felt it would not be a good idea to burden them with too much input. Hex always thought of his reports as Lies-to-People. The Science of Discworld : (c) Terry Pratchett 1999Received on Fri May 07 2004 - 12:35:20 CDT
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