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Edsger Dijkstra

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

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Computer science focuses on the principles and theories behind computing, not just the physical machines themselves. Just as astronomy studies celestial bodies rather than the tools used to observe them, computer science studies algorithms and information processing beyond the hardware.

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