Do Women Write Better Code?

JCWDenton writes "The senior vice-president of engineering for computer-database company Ingres-and one of Silicon Valley's highest-ranking female programmers-insists that men and women write code differently. Women are more touchy-feely and considerate of those who will use the code later, she says. They'll intersperse their code ... with helpful comments and directions, explaining why they wrote the lines the way they did and exactly how they did it. The code becomes a type of 'roadmap' for others who might want to alter it or add to it later, says McGrattan, a native of Ireland who has been with Ingres since 1992. Men, on the other hand, have no such pretenses. Often, 'they try to show how clever they are by writing very cryptic code,' she tells the Business Technology Blog. 'They try to obfuscate things in the code,' and don't leave clear directions for people using it later. "

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Re:woman aren't as good at men

[siride]

Damn straight!

Re:woman aren't as good at men

[siride]

Nah, I've just come to hate women. Personal reasons.

Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo

[hobo sapiens]

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Don't thank me. I do it for the people!

The Rules.

[PHAEDRU5]

1. The female always makes the rules
      2. The rules are subject to change at any time without prior notification.
      3. No male can possibly know all the rules.
      4. If the female suspects the MALE know all the rules, she must immediately change some or all of the rules.
      5. The female is never wrong.
      6. If the female is wrong, it is due to a misunderstanding which was a result of something the male did or said wrong.
      7. The male must apologize immediately for causing said misunderstanding.
      8. The female may change her mind at any time.
      9. The male must never change his mind without the express written consent of the female.
    10. The female has every right to be angry or upset at any time.
    11. The male must remain calm at all times unless the female wants him to be angry or upset.
    12. The female must, under no circumstances, let the male know whether or not she wants him to be angry and/or upset.
    13. The male is expected to mind read at all times.
    14. Any attempt to document the rules could result in bodily harm.
    15. If the female has PMS, all the rules are null and void.
    16. The female is ready when she is ready.
    17. The male must be ready at all time.
    18. The male who doesn't abide by the rules can't take the heat, lacks backbone, and is a wimp.

MS uses Wizard of Oz to train Sp2Tx

[Simonetta]

Microsoft uses The Wizard of Oz to train the PC's speech-to-text system buried in later versions of Word. My co-workers thought that I was crazy when I read a few chapters of it into the PC to get the Sp2Tx working. I was too busy to follow up on it.