Comment by HNisCIS
21 hours ago
Totally different situation. People are removing those words as a sign of respect and a very small number of people are chasing down those that don't because it implies an open lack of respect.
21 hours ago
Totally different situation. People are removing those words as a sign of respect and a very small number of people are chasing down those that don't because it implies an open lack of respect.
No, it means none of that.
It's code.
No one that matters looks at it or cares.
Making unnecessary changes to code does zero in solving any societal ills.
Soooo it's fine to name all your variables slurs then? Like, yes, hyperbolic, but the contention was that the SWE community is overwhelming cis while het dudes from the US and we were making it unwelcoming to anyone else.
> it's fine to name all your variables slurs then?
Hyperbole. Renaming “master” directories was a total circlejerk endeavor by the same crowd that came up with Latinx.
I haven't met anyone who is actually uncomfortable with the term "master," only people concerned about what others might think of them. It's not really being inclusive; it's just signaling inclusivity. Surely the time would be better spent, I don't know, volunteering to tutor underprivileged students or something? Or just living your damn life.
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> Soooo it's fine to name all your variables slurs then?
Except that never happened. It's fantasy.
What did happen was words like "black hat" and "white hat" got re-classified as hateful language.
I'm actually surprised the conference was spared by the mob.
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My personal experience is also that some of the more extreme noninclusive language policing in some circles has faded away to a significant degree.