> > it's unfortunate that computer history isn't a bigger > > component of a computer science degree. > > History and Philosophy of Science was slow in becoming a legitimate > academic pursuit of great practical value. It will probably not be > quite as long before the analogous subject will materialise for > electronic computing. It is an answered question how much influence > financial interests will have on it.
the history and philosophy of $subject would be a broader, and less applicable topic than what i'm getting at. in dict(1), /history/ 1.1 or 2 is what i'm talking about. no (serious) physicist since newton or since maxwell has ignored their work. no mathematician since newton or hilbert has ignored their work. computer science seems exceptional to me in this regard; we have learned many things that don't work, but seldom seem to recall the lessons learned. - erik
