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Programming is to Computer Science what telescopes are to astronomers

The quote is "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."

Inaccurate. Software engineering is as to CS as electrical engineering is to physics.

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I guess a telescope is like a library like quickcheck. Both specific applications of a type of engineering that might help science out.

What are some other fields which are applications of CS?

For instance, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineers are all applications of physics.