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Comment by ouid

6 years ago

computer science is math

engineering is math too, math is eating everything, oh noes!

but not really, that's software after all. engineering is applied math, so largely software modeling, whereas CS is theoretical work. abstract problems, pure solutions.

  • > engineering is applied math

    It's applied math and applied science. The science informs how to apply the math, since the math is a model of natural phenomena. In fact, most of the math came to engineering via the science.

  • No, math is math, engineering is engineering, and science is science.

    Engineering and science are not math, even though they use math, and engineering is not science, even though it uses science. They are all very different disciplines.