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Software as Science? Commentary on Michael S. Mahoney, “Software as Science”

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History of Computing: Software Issues

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Informatik or informatique are the terms used instead of computer science in Germany and France. The Académie Française defines it as “Science de traitement rationel, notamment par machines automatiques, de l’information considérée comme le support des connaissances humaines et des communications, dans les domaines techniques, économiques et socials.”

A scientist builds in order to learn, an engineer learns in order to build.

M. C. Walters1

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  1. Institut für Programmstrukturen u. Datenorganisation, Universität Karlsruhe, 76128, Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

    Gerhard Goos

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  1. Münchner Zentrum für Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte, Deutsches Museum, 80306, München, Germany

    Ulf Hashagen

  2. Heinz Nixdorf Institut, Universität Paderborn, Fürstenallee 11, 33102, Paderborn, Germany

    Reinhard Keil-Slawik

  3. Charles Babbage Institute, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, 200 Union Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Arthur L. Norberg

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Goos, G. (2002). Software as Science? Commentary on Michael S. Mahoney, “Software as Science”. In: Hashagen, U., Keil-Slawik, R., Norberg, A.L. (eds) History of Computing: Software Issues. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04954-9_5

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