[fsug-bangalore] Knock knock.

[Sajith T S]

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.
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