On 18/03/16 09:41, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
On 03/17/2016 01:36 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
[...]
(*) I'm probably going to be expelled from the project for saying this,
but I very much doubt that female coders stay away from PostgreSQL just
because some files say "he" in comments rather than "she" or "he or she"
or "one" or "they". They probably have different reasons for staying
away from the project.
Wanna bet? There is a very loud movement about this. We can either:
A. Start fighting about it
B. Just fix it, it doesn't matter anyway and it doesn't hurt the
quality of the code or the documentation
JD
I strongly think that gender should not be mentioned unless it is
relevant - as constructs like 'he or she' are clumsy and distract from
what is being commented on, not to mention that some rare people are:
neither, both, or ambiguous (from research I did when I read a rather
curious article).
Other than 'one', 'their', 'they', &' them' - there are role specific
references like 'user', 'developer', & 'DBA', ... that can be used where
appropriate.
I tend to prefer the term 'Gender Appropriate' rather than 'Gender
Neutral', as sometimes mentioning gender IS very relevant!
Cheers,
Gavin
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