Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

[Rami Chowdhury]

> You'll know that Python is sexist the day you'll find the title 'No  
> women allowed' on the python main document page.

Good God I hope you're being ironic.

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:23:39 -0700, Jean-Michel Pichavant  
<jeanmichel at sequans.com> wrote:

> Aahz wrote:
>> In article  
>> <461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8bcd at o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>> Robert Dailey  <rcdailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming
>>> advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help.
>>>
>>
>> Well, I'm sorry to see this, it means I was wrong about the lack of
>> sexism in the Python community.  I encourage anyone who wants to improve
>> the situation to join the new diversity list:
>>
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/diversity
>>
> Are you suggesting this list reject part of the community regarding its  
> sexual orientation, ethnicity, size, culture? If that was the case I'd  
> like to know about it.
> I would really want to know how you'd guess my gender (could be some  
> clue somewhere), my sexual orientation, my religion and so on.
> How can you reject someone regarding informations you don't have ?
>
> That's the beauty of this mailing list, it has diversity, by design.
> We even welcome people that mixes up joke with sexist aggression, not to  
> mention how open minded we are :o)
>
> Beside, the day you'll meet a real act of sexism in this list, please  
> know that people talk and act on their own, do not assign their attitude  
> to the whole community.
> You'll know that Python is sexist the day you'll find the title 'No  
> women allowed' on the python main document page.
>
> JM
>
> PS : Newbies are not welcome here !
>
>



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