Re:female programmers pls reply (Score 2, Insightful)

this silly and tendentious habit of using feminine pronouns discredits the article.

No, it doesn't. It's a side issue at best. A red herring if you like.

it makes the author look like a PC wank and causes me to question the article's integrity

That you'd immediatly assume PC Wank, when there are many other plausible explanations indicates that you need to start thinking before you start typing. Try it, yo u may be surprised at the results.

People that are prone to such displays of political correctness tend to be liars

Data please?

People who post anonymously tend to be liars

I've only ever met one woman who had skills appropriate to programming

As I've already pointed out to one poster, it's a conspiracy. The industry has gangged together to keep the fact that these women exist secret from people like you. We don't like you, and we won't share our women with you.

:-)

There are plenty of women programmers. Not nearly as many as men, but there are still plenty. Anyway, just because I used the femenine pronoun doesn't mean that I was indicating women in particular, no more than if I'd used the masculine.

if there were female programmers , I'd then know women who I could hold an intelligent conversation with

Unlikely.

BD