On programming without malloc

Re:On programming without malloc by IgorPartola on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @11:07PM (#6852633)

First, that is my bad. I read the contents of the post, not the title of the blog. Also, I do use "he" as "he or she", because of the influence of both the American culture and the Russian language in which the idea that the male gender is the default is very strong.

Second, no I should not assume. Women and tech have a complex enough relationship as is, and I fully support making our industry more inclusive

Third, you should not assume either. A name is not enough to determine someone's sex or gender. It is then safest to use "they" or even ze or zhe [1], though obviously very few people do. I also hate to be pedantic :).

[1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-ne...

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Re:On programming without malloc by alecdbrooks on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @11:36PM (#6852732)

I actually did not assume based on her name. (There's nothing worse than a correction that is itself wrong.) I tried to find a biography of her in the third person, but could not find one. From her About page, I found out she was a member of Pyladies, which describers itself as an all-woman group. At that point, I felt I did my due diligence.

It really is an important point, not pedantry, to not assume based on names because many cultures have names that sound like the other gender to American ears (and vice versa, no doubt).

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Re:On programming without malloc by IgorPartola on Thursday December 05, 2013 @12:17AM (#6852826)

Very nice work. I will have to bookmark pyladies as a resource for friend, etc. Thanks for pointing all this out/bringing it up.

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