2012-11-20, 04:08 PM
Sardines Wrote:It's one of the more "applicative majors" I've seen though, if not the most.
Is theoretical comp sci a big part of comp sci? Asking out of ignorance.
That's the funny thing. You do theoretical comp sci in school but once you get out of it you tend to do more applicable stuff.
It doesn't mean that science can't have application, science to me is the explanation for things, the knowledge and the application of that knowledge. Science can always be applicable in the real world and it is, it doesn't have to be purely theoretical for it to be science.
Somewhat relevant XKCD:
![[Image: purity.png]](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/purity.png)