Re: c.d.theory lexicon overview

From: Anthony W. Youngman <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 18:35:20 +0100
Message-ID: <H3iGWlCYj8mAFwoC_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk>


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

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