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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: the 'science' in computer science 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 09 Jun 2001 11:50:08 MST."
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From: Scott Merrilees <Sm@itntl.bhp.com.au>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:09:20 +1000
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>unfortunately dan cross is very right in his analysis -- most of the
>students care not for algorithmics. the three classes i listed are the most
>hated ones (together with the "Systems Programming and Introduction to
>Operating Systems", the UNIX class) simply because they actually make the
>students think...
>
>there are the occasional bad apples who explore the field, write code
>and are interested in the 'science' part of 'computer science'.. the others
>are happy to get their 3 year degrees and drone off to the job market.
>
>andrey

Then you have the occasional CS dept / Computer Centre with a computer
usage policy that probihits all use of the univerity computer systems
except for specific course work.

Sm