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Scientists and engineers are trained to deal with this
They know that 3 meters is different from 3.000 meters
One was measured to a precision of 1 meter, the other to a precision of 1 mm
They get training in how to calculate with imprecise measurements
How to represent and understand the error ranges
How to present the answers without lying
Computer programmers are not usually so trained
I would like to see CS curricula revised to fix this
I would like to see computer 'science' as a real science
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