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Re: What is Computer Science (was: Natural Kinds)

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From: Michael Hand
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:07
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Kaushik Banerjee writes:

  >Computer Science is something one can find gainful employment
  >in; mathematics is something one can not find gainful
  >employment in.

Yes, let's not forget that the only good reason for a student
to attend a university is to make possible future gainful
employment, and the university's *raison d'etre* is to
prepare students for same.
B-o} Michael
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From: mrh7507@tamsun.tamu.edu (Michael Hand)
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Subject: Re: What is Computer Science (was: Natural Kinds)
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Date: 10 Nov 92 20:07:23 GMT
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