From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:arnold
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Dr. D., math, etc.
Article-I.D.: ucbarpa.1322
Posted: Thu May 13 12:35:37 1982
Received: Fri May 14 03:54:26 1982

To defend Dr. D's comments regarding math and CS (why did this become
math \vs./ CS) by saying the the processes of computer science and
mathematics have much in common is pointless.   Mathematics is a science,
and computer science (as one might guess) is also a science.  Thus, they
share the scientific method, as useful a process for solving problems
as has come along in quite while.  These statements could also be used
to equate physics to math (some people DO say that physics is applied
math, but those people seem to be mostly mathematicians), biology to
computer science, or any other two science you care to grab out of a
bag.  Mathematics is, in some sense, the purest science in that it is
(in its highest form) purely scientific process.  But computer science
is NOT mathematics any more than physics, genetics, biochemistry, or
any other science.  Just related.  I confess to having had a higher-
than-average mathematical aptitude, but I suspect that most scientists
would say the same.  However, we shouldn't confuse similarity with
identity.
		Ken