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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.cse
Subject: Re: Where have all the hackers gone?
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Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 03:19:37 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 14 03:19:37 1984
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> > Because of the popularity of computer science as a field of study as of late,
> > many computer science departments have been forced to severely limit 
> > enrollment...
> > ...There is only one disturbing fact:  The fittest students 
> > aren't neccessarily the best programmers........
>
> Hackers aren't necessarily the best computer scientists.

The mismatch is even worse.  Computer Science departments are often
expected to teach programming--a skill very much needed by (at least)
students in engineering and the physical sciences.  However, the reverse of
Parnass' statement is also true:  Computer Scientists aren't necessarily
the best programmers.   And there are other skills still; neither
run-of-the-mill programmers nor computer scientists are particularly likely
to be any good at conceiving or constructing real software systems.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...Are you making this up as you go along?