Talk:Theoretical computer science

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computer science, which aims to create a comprehensive computer science reference for Wikipedia. Visit the project page for more information and to join in on related discussions.
Stub	rated as stub-Class on the assessment scale
Top	rated as top-importance on the assessment scale

Since the term is sort of a grab-bag for a variety of researchers, I think this article would do better as a description of the people and organizations doing theory, pushing off technical bits to specific topics (which already mostly seem to have article, yay). Bits to be added here could include joint conferences and joint projects with "practical" CS people, something about the "genealogy" (SIGACT has a nifty page on this) that name-drops the most notable theory people, and ideally a few catty remarks by and against theory people (I've heard them personally, but that's not verifiable, heh-heh, what can we find in print?). Stan 13:43, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

The anon's edit of 22 January is well-meaning, but it goes exactly opposite to what I just said above, reproduces material better-described elsewhere, and makes a few unsourced generalizations. So I intend to revert nearly all of it, but will wait to hear counterarguments. Stan 00:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC) Insert non-formatted text here