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What is our stance on Software Engineering?

The CS.SE site was set up, in my understanding, to satisfy a need: the need for a place for CS students, academics, and professionals to ask questions related to CS, which do not meet the criteria for …
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Topics in Applied Computer Science, are they on topic?

This is a tough question, but one which, imho, must be satisfactorily addressed as soon as possible if this site is to present a unified front to the rest of the community when the site goes public. …
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Logical circuits

other answers that there's not a clear line between what's on-topic and what's off-topic, I think it's better to come up with some rule and try to encourage its consistent application, than to debate the scope
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Your thoughts on a “Programming Language Theory” proposal

One observation: a majority of the users are actively involved in StackOverflow, a very practically-oriented site dealing with issues of implementation and specifics. Fewer than 10% are involved in an …
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Are programming questions in scope on CS.SE?

The community's reserving the right, without providing a guarantee, to close programming questions as off-topic is both more inclusive than the former solution, and does more to appropriately limit the scope … Alternative Alternatively, or in addition to the above, the FAQ can attempt to provide a working, or practical, definition of the site's scope, so long as the motivations are made clear in the FAQ (e.g …
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What is Computer Science?

Computer Science is the science of computation; that much seems clear. Less clear is how to define science and computation in a useful and meaningful way. Generally, we might divide science according …
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