Wikibooks talk:Computer science bookshelf

Hi,

We are probably going to delete Wikisource:Source code. So I propose that some of these pages to be move here in Wikibooks. Please advise which pages would you like to get in Wikibooks. Thanks, Yann 18:49, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Floating Point Book
I am planning to create a book about floating point numbers. I have created a basic outline HERE on my user page. I think that this would serve as good background information for people, considering that floating-point numbers are used all the time, but many people dont understand what they are, and what limitations they have. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions on this outline, before I turn it into an actual book. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 03:21, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I think that it's good to have a nice run down of IEEE754, but I don't think it warrants a whole book, most languages use IEEE754. Maybe a short book on representation of data? With characters, (ASCII, UTF, etc.), Integers (positive and negative), Floats and possibly touching on error detection/correction? Tinned Tuna (talk)

Software Engineering is NOT Computer Science
Folks, SCIENCE is the discovery of new facts. Engineering is the application of Science in an effective way to solve a problem. Therefore Software Engineering does not really belong here in Computer Science. Yes, that's the popular way it has been. However, as Canada and Texas have demonstrated, there is a difference and that difference is going to matter more and more. That's why they both license Software Engineers as Licensed Professional Engineers and to obtain one of those designations you'll have to have much more massive experience with a Computer Science Degree than you would need if you had an Engineering Degree.


 * In fact, software engineering is a part of computer science. There are people at university who do research in that area: They analyze what can go wrong and try to improve the process of developping software. For example, they try to find optimal ways to organize a team of programmers, or they try to predict in which part of a program bugs are usually created. Software engineering is, however, not about the actual programming techniques. Ylloh 23:15, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Topics and Order
I think that some work should be spent on reordering the books in the bookshelf and using useful and accessible headings. Ylloh 23:20, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Remove protected status
Please remove protected status from this page.


 * I have now unprotected this page. It was originally protected in early 2006 but I don't know why. Xania [[Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg|15px]]talk 23:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you. The other bookshelves seem to be protected too, so it would be helpful to remove protected status from those pages too.

Remove .Net Framework from networking section
The .Net Framework has absolutely nothing to do with networking.