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Re:Learning Haskell – A Racket programmer's foray into the l... by mrbrowning on Thursday March 12, 2015 @01:07AM (#9189256)
Consider that the author spent one short paragraph to talk about the OP's choice of pronouns, while you spent an entire comment taking her to task for it; that her criticism was politely stated, while you employ rank hyperbole in describing that comment as "[destruction]"; that you're expecting someone to be polite and dispassionate who by her own admission has dealt repeatedly with the litany of disappointments and frustrations that come with being a woman in a male-dominated field, while not even meeting that standard of even-handedness in your own comment; and then maybe reconsider how you're devoting your efforts in this conversation. From here it looks like thou dost protest too much, methinks.
Re:Learning Haskell – A Racket programmer's foray into the l... by thirsteh on Thursday March 12, 2015 @01:17AM (#9189281)
> the author spent one short paragraph to talk about the OP's choice of pronouns

which was completely unnecessary and added nothing meaningful to the discussion.

(In fact, it was self-contradictory given the insinuation that the OP had to be male in "I don't expect any different from this field.")