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.

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Document code by talking to your computer

[Simonetta]

As with many topics in technology, this one can be solved by learning to use more advanced technology. You need documentation, we all do, but you don't have the time or the patience to type it.
    Use the speech-to-text package that is buried in Microsoft Word, or the stand-alone packages like Dragon. Train the program by reading a few chapters of book into your headset. Your co-workers think that you're weird for taking a half-hour to read The Wizard of Oz out loud while staring at the computer screen? Fuck 'em, you're implementing a technology that allows you to double your productivity.
    When you get the Sp2Tx recognizing about 95% of your speech, get a picture of someone you would like to impress and put it next to the screen. Your spouse, hot babe, film star, pop star, porn star, it doesn't matter. Open the Sp2Tx in the background and your code editor in the foreground. Start describing your code to the person in the picture as if they are really interested. Say the word 'paragraph' every few sentences. Be proud of your work and describe it in exacting detail. Pop open a beer or coke. Basically you are having an intimate conversation with your PC on the subject this demonstration of your wonderful coding ability displayed on the screen.
    You co-workers now know that you are really weird. But again, fuck 'em. They don't think you're weird when you hold a little plastic box to your ear and walk around talking to yourself. What you are doing now is creating a more detailed documentation package in a half-hour than they could (or would) do in a week.
    Don't forget to save the Sp2Tx file and include it with the source code. Goodness, put a comment character in front of every line of text and then append the Sp2Tx file to the end of the source code. A year from now, you or another programmer will be able to understand this code from your description quickly while all the other people's code leaves people scratching their head for hours.
    Yes, this is weird. All new technology is weird. Dare to be weird.
    You're a programmer. People depend on you. If weird works, then work weird. You're not a Nordstrom's sales girl. They can't be weird, but they can't be productive either.

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.