Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.cse Subject: Re: Where have all the hackers gone? Message-ID: <976@opus.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 03:19:37 EST Article-I.D.: opus.976 Posted: Fri Dec 14 03:19:37 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Dec-84 05:11:34 EST References: <3137@utah-cs.UUCP> <417@ihu1h.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 18 > > 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?