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You must be good at Math (programming.dev)
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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Well, computer science is not the science of computers, is it? It's about using computers (in the sense of programming them), not about making computers. Making computers is electrical engineering.

We all know how great we IT people are at naming things ;)

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Informatics is a much better name imo

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I see there's a fellow German speaker ;)

I do agree though!