At 09:56 PM 10/7/99 +0100, Rachel wrote:
>
>No, he probably means it. In my experience it's generally (not *always*)
>the case that women have better heads for software design. Our work
>tends to be "cleaner", more structured, more thoughtful, whereas male
>programming tends to be more haphazard and seat-of-the-pants. This is
>not to say that female programming is less intuitive - I know my best
>work comes from inspiration - but the results even then tend to be
>cleaner.
>
>This isn't always true, especially when you get up into the echelons of
>really good programmers, where gender is a very minor indicator.
>
Not completely disagreeing here, but I'm male and not, by any means,
a 'really good programmer'. But my code is always neat, and nearly always
well-documented. I really don't think it's a male/female thing at all. Just
a matter of personality.
Walt
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