On 15.06.20 03:05, Anne wrote:
Hi all
I support (eventually) removing the terms 'blacklist' and 'whitelist',
though my primary reason is different to the reasons already stated, and
I thought it might be worth sharing why.
It's generally recommended that names in programming be descriptive, and
Precisely, MG!
This is what these discussions are swaying us into: to forget that we
are first and foremost came here to enjoy this great Groovy language
which many of us are using day in and day out (thanks for the team that
has made this possible!).
We aren't just a bunch of marginalized g
Hi all
I support (eventually) removing the terms 'blacklist' and 'whitelist',
though my primary reason is different to the reasons already stated, and I
thought it might be worth sharing why.
It's generally recommended that names in programming be descriptive, and
that cultural references be avoi
On 14/06/2020 15:34, Jenn Strater wrote:
may make members of marginalized groups (like myself)
To me you are another person that likes or is interested in Groovy as a
programming language
You are welcome,
mg
Appreciate the effort Jenn! We all live in the world which is constantly
being inconsiderate to someone's feelings and comfort zones. And - from
a strictly mathematical standpoint - finding a common subset of terms
that won't be offensive for an arbitrary reason to an unknown someone
will leave
I was trying to be polite. I meant that seeing some of the offensive things
that have been said in this conversation, in particular, may make members
of marginalized groups(like myself) feel less comfortable bringing up
issues of inclusivity. Just because no one has felt comfortable enough to
repor
Hi Paul,
On 14/06/2020 03:37, Paul King wrote:
Groovy tries to be as agnostic as it can on many points. Let users
choose between static or dynamic, functional or imperative, etc. Given
some users would like to avoid using blacklist/whitelist, isn't giving
them that option a useful thing?
We
Cos,
Thank you for the clarification. I have a slightly different worldview, but
that is okay. :-)
We may not be as perfect as we think we are. Our goal is to make our
community more inclusive.
Jenn, being one of the rare female engineers we have in our larger IT
community, may have some interest
Thanks for kind words Remko. But I am not trying to blame myself for anything.
I am perfectly aware about my limits as in 'you can lead a horse to the water,
but can't force it to drink'. In fact, I know for sure that ASF in general
hasn't ever pushed anyone out, not even for brain-dead coding ;)
