Sexism in the Ruby community: how does the Python community manage it?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:13:33 +0300, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:

> 17.10.13 20:37, MRAB написав(ла):
>> It's interesting to note that, in the early days, programming was
>> thought to be a suitable job for a woman because, after all, it
>> involved typing, so basically it was just clerical activity!
> 
> But in the earlier days, typing and clerical activity were male
> dominated fields.

Correct. "Secretary" originally meant "one who keeps secrets for 
another", e.g. the Secretary of State. I think MRAB is conflating 
programming with the first computers, who were women, not machines. 
Because it was tedious, repetitive work, and because most of the men were 
over in Europe getting shot at, nearly all of the computers at Bletchly 
Park were women. The actual mechanical computing devices were called 
"bombes", I kid you not.


-- 
Steven