Quo Vadis, Computer Science?
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Authors
MacGregor, K.J.
Issue Date
1985
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Article
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en
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The discipline of Computer Science has been established for almost
twenty years. In SOUTH AFRICA, Computer Science Departments have
been in existence for fifteen years, and producing graduates for twelve,
however, the path ahead for Computer Science is really no clearer than
it was in the early years. The different situation that exists in South
Africa, and the pressure being exerted by the computing community,
continues to cause doubts to be raised as to the relevance of Computer
Science to the needs of the South African marketplace. This, in itself,
is not of major concern if it is believed that the local computing community
will mature into requiring the specialist knowledge for which a Computer
Science course equips its graduates, however, this has not happened as
yet and there is some doubt as to whether it will ever happen. As a
result, perhaps, the time has come to consider whether Computer Science
as a pure discipline, such as information processing should be taught
as the norm in South African Universities with Computer Science relegated
to a minor role.
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MacGregor, K.J. (1985) Quo Vadis, Computer Science? Quaestiones Informaticae Vol 3 No 3 1985
Publisher
Computer Society of South Africa (on behalf of SAICSIT)
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0254-2757