[ILUG] Whatever happened to real computer scientists?

[Paul Jakma]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Thomas Bridge wrote:

> Nope, you don't need to appreciate Dijkstra or Bellman-Ford to 
> design networks either.

You don't - agreed. However, to do it well, it might help.

> But that is way beyond the day to day requirements of most networks.

Wouldn't dispute that, but I was taking issue with:

 	"The main theory involved with networking protocols is
          <implementation specific, non-theoretic examples"

Which, intentionally or not, denies the importance of CS-level 
theoretical knowledge in networking. My intention was to give better 
examples ;).

> Um, yes I did.  And I'm telling you that what was far more useful 
> was the theory I gathered from previous work with the OSI model and 
> general CCNA / CCNP stuff than the theory I learned some years 
> previously.

Hmm, well, if you're saying theory is useful - agreed.

Though, "OSI model" is not theory really (no idea what theory you 
refer to with the other examples above, but I suspect they're not 
either). In the mail you replied to kevin used the term "applied 
mathematics", algorithms and their proofs to describe CS. See above.

regards,
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