Python is an Equal Opportunity Programming Language

[Gregory Ewing]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Who is setting and enforcing this quota, and given that only about 1 in 20
> Python programmers is a woman, do you think men are seriously missing out
> on any opportunities?

Suppose there are 100 people wanting to ask questions, and
there is only time to answer 10 questions. If the 1 in 20
ratio holds, then 5 of those people are women and the other
95 are men.

Alternating between men and women means that all of the
women get their questions answered, and only 5/95 of the
men. So in this example, if you're a woman you have a 100%
chance of getting answered, and if you're a man you only
have a 5.26% chance.

Whether you think this is a good strategy or not,
beliavsky is right that it's not "equal".

-- 
Greg