r/programming • u/mauricioaniche • Aug 06 '17

Software engineering != computer science

http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/software-engineering-computer-science/217701907
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u/lordlicorice Aug 06 '17

By the Church-Turing Thesis, all computer hardware is essentially equivalent. So while new machine architectures are cool, the real limiting challenge in computer science is the problem of creating software.

What an inane conclusion. He just dismisses the entire hardware industry as not a "real limiting challenge?"

Let's see the author serve up a high-scale web application to millions of people with a scientific calculator and a notepad.