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So criticizing PHP as a programming language is "actively participating in the exclusion of women from STEM"? That seems like a big leap to me.
by munchler 5y ago
So criticizing PHP as a programming language is "actively participating in the exclusion of women from STEM"? That seems like a big leap to me.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoPerhaps indirectly. Though that's not the focus of the article. Rather that language/platform gatekeeping is counterproductive and harmful to growing the community.
- satellites 5y agoStraw man. Author didn't say criticizing a language's flaws at all is problematic. Dismissive, arrogant, "X language sucks and so do people who use it" language is problematic. It can be boiled down to the difference between constructive criticism vs. bullying. One is productive, the other just serves to make the person saying it feel better and reinforce exclusivity and an air of superiority.