Abstract
Eight years after Curriculum 68 there is still much uncertainty regarding the place of discrete mathematics in a computer science curriculum. This paper explores the purposes of discrete mathematics courses in a very broad context. It is suggested that discrete mathematics be distributed over two courses, and that the attitudes established in the courses are more important than the contents of the courses.
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The why and how of discrete structures
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