> It's hard, it requires a lot of rigid logical thinking, it's rather boring, and it's a constant war against machines and against other programmers who produce

> It's hard, it requires a lot of rigid logical thinking, it's rather boring, and it's a constant war against machines and against other programmers who produce unmaintainable and unreadable code. > I don't feel good about sending women, who I was raised to protect and respect, into this war. I don't think war means what you think it means. I was also raised to be a "gentleman". Funny thing though, what I took from it was that it was about respect. Respect for what makes people special. Unique. Respect for their beliefs and choices. Oh and protection should be reserved for the vulnerable. In my experience vulnerability and the format of ones sexual organs are somewhat orthogonal concepts.