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How the number of male programmers can make your statement about missing female programmers more accurate? I do not get it.

Originally Posted by manav

vart it is obvious!
if there were more female (or even a few) C/C++ programmers (and not just someone who is hired to format the code :P)
then there would have been more of them (at least a couple of. duh! at least one!) on this board.

Your logic is still broken.

The female programmers may have a lot of reasons NOT to be here. For example - they can prefer to work while on duty (so no time for out-of-office activities). And in their free time they could prefer to spend it on something more important for them then the C-Board...

I believe you are paranoid manav.
Just because you do not "see" any females on the boards doesn't mean there aren't any. How many do you find who explicitly tells their gender? A lot I'm telling you.
Why don't you prove that there are only "males" who do C/C++?

Hey, now, don't get all serious in this thread.

Originally Posted by manav

I know we are all males!

As I said - we - as board members - are not representative enogh for all the world C/C++ programmers. And gave the reason. But you are too ... (I do not have the word adecvate enough) in your broken logic to hear me.

And what is also important - I didn't try to prove that there are female programmers, I just have shown that your logic is broken. You could be true in your statements, but your way to find them is all wrong. So it makes me doubt...

You know what vart!
I just realized this . . . I was messing with a very experienced board member. 2345 posts compared
to my mere 96 posts (including this one).
i am sorry about calling you paranoid. just don't ban me though!

and lest this thread grows on forever, my simple logic explains it very well:

a) vart says there are females doing c/c++
b) elysia says there are females doing c/c++ (i suspect she is not a he)
c) all members (except elysia if she is actually a she) are males here
d) vart points out that females don't waste their time on this board (or ... something like that).

so my logic deduces that there maybe females doing c/c++ (or even assembly >_<) but they prefer
to keep in disguise. why? they don't visit such boards. why?

my conclusion:
there may be females doing c/c++ but they are not doing it seriously enough to really be called "female c/c++ programmers"

vart! don't get me banned! pleeeeeeease!

I'm just glad girl germs can't travel through copper wires.

> so my logic deduces that there maybe females doing c/c++ (or even assembly >_<) but they prefer
to keep in disguise. why? they don't visit such boards. why?
Because it's irrelevant, for example -- "Hi I'm a female, 165cm, 58kgs -- and I'm having problems compiling this code." is just stupid. It's not relevant to the nature of these boards, nor the problem.

> there may be females doing c/c++ but they are not doing it seriously enough to really be called "female c/c++ programmers"
There's "Programmers" and "Programmers", since when do you here of "Male Programmers". Seriously.

I don't know about India, but in the western world women have equal rights as men, exclusion is often against the law. Wanting to know someone's sex only shows you want to treat them differently, based on their gender.

> a) vart says there are females doing c/c++
> b) elysia says there are females doing c/c++ (i suspect she is not a he)
> c) all members (except elysia if she is actually a she) are males here
> d) vart points out that females don't waste their time on this board (or ... something like that).
You can't stereotype without knowing the sex of all members.

In summing up, what's it matter!?!? Go and program something, keep your tackle in your pants -- computers don't have genders.

Originally Posted by manav

I just realized this . . . I was messing with a very experienced board member. 2345 posts compared
to my mere 96 posts (including this one).
i am sorry about calling you paranoid. just don't ban me though!

The thing is, I believe those with higher posts have (mostly) been here longer and thus are better sources to say if there are females around.

c) all members (except elysia if she is actually a she) are males here

I can tell you right away that you're doing. There is someone else who is female on the board. Maybe you don't know?

d) vart points out that females don't waste their time on this board (or ... something like that).

so my logic deduces that there maybe females doing c/c++ (or even assembly >_<) but they prefer
to keep in disguise. why? they don't visit such boards. why?

There are a lot of guys and girls who tend to be online, and there are a lot who tend to don't.
It's like you're saying females don't play video games, because if you see someone talking about video gamer, that individual is often referred to as "he." Which is not true. There are females playing video games too.
Buy you must remember that the genders aren't the same. Both of our genders typically has a different set of mind on what is fun and such. It may be that most "females" simply likes doing other things than spending time on some board.

Originally Posted by manav

Since it is almost confirmed that Elysia is female.
"Elysia, how much you weigh? And what is your height in centimeters?"

But this does not mean I am answering your ridiculous questions. I am who I am am and that is all you need to know.

> I am who I am am and that is all you need to know.
All I know, is you're evil

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