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Applied science is engineering, by and large, but it's worthwhile to have different words for different things. 'Engineering' is one, 'Science' is another, even though the latter is useful to the former.

Of course, Computer Science is almost no science, most degrees are some blend of math and engineering.




As with anything that entirely depends who is at work. Watching Linus Torvalds is going to make you arrive at your answer, but if you followed Don Knuth, you may have to reconsider.




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