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Fascinating read, although I didn't agree on his gender theories, I think he'll have to dig deeper. It also seemed a bit disconnected in parts. And I would have
by carlmr 9y ago
Fascinating read, although I didn't agree on his gender theories, I think he'll have to dig deeper. It also seemed a bit disconnected in parts. And I would have liked to see some code examples where he falsifies a theory that's a bit smaller than C is easy C++ is hard. I find that programming has more of a magical theory component because like writing essays a lot of what we consider good writing is subject to tastes and fashions.
- timmytwotime 9y agoUnfortunately Pieter died a while back (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Hintjens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Hintjens), so he's already dug as far down as he's going to go. The disconnectedness has been his writing style for a while, and while it can be a little annoying, he's been good about tying it all back together though I'd too like more clarity on the language differences. Which part of the gender theories didn't you agree with?
- carlmr 9y agoThe comment on the article by graffic (16 Jan 2015, 21:30) sums it up quite nicely.
- tempodox 9y agoI found his “Resolving the Gender Gap” paragraph quite credible. Heck, it's even a viable description of some HN comment threads. I'd very much appreciate the input of women on this, but alas, they are few and far between in our profession. If the author is actually wrong, they might even be too busy being “good developers” to show the same amount of “disrespect” for the field as he does. But I'm not prepared to believe that yet.
- carlmr 9y agoThe comment on the article by graffic (16 Jan 2015, 21:30) sums it up quite nicely.