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Now, I'm not equipped to perform a statistically valid sampling of all conference talks, but pervasive anecdotal evidence lends credence to this notion. Specif

by nupark2 14y ago

Now, I'm not equipped to perform a statistically valid sampling of all conference talks, but pervasive anecdotal evidence lends credence to this notion. Specifically, this comes to mind: http://lifehacker.com/5859392/swearing-to-make-your-point-a-tale-of-fk-and-sht http://lifehacker.com/5859392/swearing-to-make-your-point-a-... As well as this: http://www.zedshaw.com.sharedcopy.com/rants/51489cec9386f7c13f69b3a58cd50b02.html http://www.zedshaw.com.sharedcopy.com/rants/51489cec9386f7c1... And this: http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/posts/15-potty-mouths http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/posts/15-potty-mouths There are more, but I don't think I need to internet-sleuth the entire set of well-known Ruby / Web personalities to demonstrate the point: a base lack of professionalism abounds.

petercooper 14y ago
Even thirty more examples would not neccessarily mean Rubyists are "often" like this. There are tens of thousands of them. If ruby-talk, #ruby-lang, ruby-core, and Ruby conference talks were typically littered with swearing, there'd be a point. As it is, it's a generalisation formed off the back of a handful of cases. Stereotyping, if you will. I've been covering the news in the Ruby world for about 6 years now, almost full time. People are inventing these silly stereotypes as a way to discredit the language and it's users, it's not based in reality.