Re: [PSF-Community] on perl programmers

[Ola Sitarska]

I had the same exact feelings when reading that comments here. Thanks for
speaking up Erik!

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Erik Romijn  wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I don’t mean to derail the discussion on board transparency, but I
> felt I could not let these particular comments go by:
>
> >> I bet even Perl programmers have good intentions!
> >
> > They are good at hiding it.
>
> In my opinion, these comments are disrespectful and not inclusive.
>
> I know how it seems fun to poke at other languages. I personally
> have written Perl code in the past, and strongly dislike it. However,
> that doesn’t mean Perl programmers have any less worth. If we make
> it seem as if the Python community considers Perl programmers lesser
> people/programmers, we are making our community unwelcome to people
> that have made different technology choices, or even are unable to
> make different choices.
>
> I assume that these comments were meant as non-malicious jokes. But
> that made it especially important for me to draw attention to the
> effects they can have. So that we can help our community be
> inclusive to everyone :)
>
> Erik
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Re: [PSF-Community] on perl programmers

[Steve Holden]

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Erik Romijn  wrote:

> I assume that these comments were meant as non-malicious jokes. But
> that made it especially important for me to draw attention to the
> effects they can have. So that we can help our community be
> inclusive to everyone :)
>

Particularly at this time of year, with PyCon in progress, readers might
wish to remember that without substantial help from the Perl community (who
had been organising the YAPC conferences for some time) PyCon might never
had got off the ground. Nat Torkington gave freely of his time to share his
experiences and offer helpful suggestions.

Steve

Steve Holden
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