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Your thoughts on a “Programming Language Theory” proposal
Even if there is a bit of an overlap, we are generally looking at the broader scope of the site as a whole. …
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Logical circuits
When it comes to logical circuits, where does computer science stop and electrical engineering start? Computer architecture studies logical circuits, logic gates and so on in an abstract way. If you s …
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Scope limits on proof assistants (e.g. Coq)
To what extent are questions about proof assistants on-topic?
I see four main classes of questions:
Modeling a problem in a formal setting; going from the object of study to the definitions and the …
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Career questions
Are questions like “how do I get a job” and “where should I study” on-topic?
Examples:
https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/1077/getting-accepted-into-uniq-oxford-summer-school-in-cs
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(To what extent) is modeling the physical world on-topic?
Is the design of algorithms to model the physical environment on-topic? To what extent?
In particular, is What algorithm is appropriate for a thermostat controlling the heating of a room with floor h …
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Questions about how to study or how to teach
Are questions about how to study computer science on-topic? Are questions about how to teach computer science on-topic?
For example, “How can I calculate this property of a graph?”, “How can I prove …
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What part of “Coq: default values for vectors” is on-topic?
We raised the issue of scope limits for proof assistants a while ago, and didn't come to a conclusion. It's been two years, what does the community think now? …
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Is “Good uses of computer viruses” on-topic?
The question Good uses of computer viruses was closed as off-topic, and is being reopened as I write.
Is this question on-topic on the Computer Science site? Why or why not?
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Are questions about theoretical computers on-topic?
At one extreme, questions about how Turing machines operate are on-topic.
At another extreme, questions about x86 assembly code are off-topic.
What about intermediate cases: theoretical models that …
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Are questions about software to solve computer science problems on-topic?
Are questions about software that is specifically designed to solve computer science problems on-topic?
The answer may well be “it depends”, so where do we draw the line?
For example, is a question …
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Questions about network protocols
https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/6607/response-for-ip-record-route-option is a question about a concrete network protocol (the TCP/IP family). Are such questions on-topic here?
If the question …