Diversity tends to be healthy for any eco-system, so personally I think we probably should care. When I’ve worked with female programmers, they tend to be better in some ways than their male counterparts, though that’s entirely a subjective observation. Maybe Python will get too mono-cultured and go to pot. Would diversity help prevent that?
Graeme Gemmill: >> I don't think Grace Hopper took much cr*p from male colleagues in the late >> 50's when she was developing COBOL, and I've met many strong women in 30+ >> years computer projecting who weren't shy of criticising. Mind you, I can't >> speak for the BAME environment - I can only recall two ore three BAME >> co-workers and they were Indian. (Retired 2002!) Peter Merchant: >> https://qz.com/1624252/pythons-creator-thinks-it-has-a-diversity-problem/ >> >> But do we care? >> >> Peter -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
