Hi Friends,
Forgive me for top posting, please try to use a fresh title for new topics.
--arky
--- Sajith T S sajithts@softhome.net wrote:
Ramanraj K wrote:
At I Std, a Text Book is issued for `Computer
Science'. The chapters
are: 1. Introduction 2. Hello Computers 3. Parts
of a Computer 4. Uses
of Computer 5. Computers at Work 6. Type with
Notepad [ms] 7. Let's
Paint [with ms] Chapters 1 to 5 are vendor
neutral, but with chapter 6,
liberal screen shots introduce ms to kids. From
now on, CS is like any
other subject - Q&A and Tests based on the Text
Book become part of the
curriculum.
Which reminds of...
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. (attributed to Edsger Dijkstra.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science
Dijkstra is the man who called Software Engineering folks charlatans and quacks :) I don't remember which paper is that, but this manuscript has some "extreme" insight:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd13xx/EWD1305.PDF
Sajith.
Your friends will know you better in the first moment you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a lifetime. -- Richard Bach, "Illusions"
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