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In article <BxGBsJ.8qG@unx.sas.com> sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com (Gary Merrill) writes:
   Do you see CS as having any immediate empirical content in the
   manner of physics, chemistry, biology, etc.?

What are "etc." in this case?  I'm still waiting to see any mention of
a "science" that isn't (IMHO) a "natural science".

As for empirical content, what about the example of routing via
simmulated annealing?  There is no way to check this is any good
without experimenting (i.e. writing the code for the router and trying
it on as many boards as you can find).  As I noted before you may not
consider this CS as a computer was only used to prove the method
worked (ignoring the fact that routing has an obvious application in
the design of computers).  However, if you do have this view, I would
be interested to know under what banner you felt this work lay.

bevan

BTW In case your wondering, the above isn't my work, I just happen to
know a person who has done a lot of work in the area.