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SICP / What is "Computer Science" ?

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What it is

An excerpt from Hal Abelson's opening SICP lecture introducing computer science and contrasting declarative and imperative knowledge. He argues that computer science is not really a science and is more like magic or engineering of ideas.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in debates over whether computer science is a science, and for Abelson's line that it is neither a science nor about computers.

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  • first 2008, last 2014

What HN commenters said

  1. “I would also recommend the first minutes of”

    Abelson's SICP opening lecture questions whether computer science is a science.

    tyn, 2008-09 · Recommendation · in “Posterous: I went to etc., can I still work for you?”

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Topics: sicp, hal abelson, computer science, declarative programming, scheme

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