[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

[Bob Eager]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:49:59 -0500, Rich Alderson wrote:

> It depends on how one views the discipline.  In departments in which it
> is viewed as a mathematical discipline, there is little need for
> programming skills, or exposure to any user interface, whether command
> line or graphical, to move forward in one's studies.  Analysis of
> algorithmic complexity, proof of correctness, etc. are the bread and
> butter of the field.
> 
> In departments in which it is viewed as an engineering discipline,
> compiler construction and other issues of language implementation,
> design of operating systems, and the like, are studied.

One of my colleagues is fond of describing the CS degree at one of the 
very oldest universities in the UK thus:

"A core of mathematics, surrounded by....mathematics."

There are obvious cases where the reverse applies, and it's largely to do 
with the university department that originally spawned the CS department 
there.

Where I work, the department grew up independently so it's pretty well in 
the middle.
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