This page contains some additional background material that is relevant to the “Point/Counterpoint” debate between Stephen J. Andriole and Eric Roberts that appeared in the July 2008 edition of Communications of the ACM.

• PDF version of the position papers (as published)
• PDF version of my “Counterpoint” argument (as submitted)
• Link to John Sargent’s CRA presentation
• PowerPoint slides for related presentation on “Making CS Fun Again”