Do Women Write Better Code? 847
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. "
Do women write better code? (Score:4, Funny)
well, hire a bunch of women (Score:5, Funny)
yeah yeah... (Score:5, Funny)
Women aren't good programmers (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, What A Revelation. (Score:5, Funny)
"Men and women think differently."
This is such shocking news. Unbelievable.
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:4, Funny)
Re:yeah yeah... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:5, Funny)
/cry
no question, they code much differently (Score:4, Funny)
Not true. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:2, Funny)
-Lars
Re:Women aren't good programmers (Score:5, Funny)
Oh come on, Slashdot! (Score:5, Funny)
Why do you need to explain what code is? This is news for nerds, not news for my mother. Give us some credit please.
A woman claiming 'women right better code'.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:3, Funny)
Beware of Female Programmers (Score:5, Funny)
These are the things I must but say.
Die a bachelor, if your options are few,
Never ever love a female programmer,
they'll make a program out of you.
Don't laugh it away, mine has been an object lesson,
They find syntax errors, even in a romantic expression.
Alas! They search logic in love, where there is none,
Your heart may skip a beat and they just hit return.
You are in for trouble if you persist,
You'll just be a pointer in her long linked list.
--
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Re:Simplistic? True? (Score:1, Funny)
Pun intended? (I hope!)
Multi-tasking (Score:2, Funny)
Documentation (Score:5, Funny)
Or women don't document at all and just expect the men to know what they are thinking.
Actual comments from woman-code: (Score:5, Funny)
If women code anything like they act in real life, then you'd get a lot of helpful comments like this:
/*If you don't why this function isn't returning your expected result, then hell if I'm going to tell you.
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:5, Funny)
Who said women couldn't code?
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Of course (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bad programmers methinks (Score:4, Funny)
See, that can't possibly be it. Didn't you watch all those 80s after-school specials? Have you not watched all those female empowerment action movies?
*Sigh*
All women, everywhere, regardless of age, height, weight or any other consideration are absolutely fantastic at everything they do. All women are at least above average intelligence, though most are in the genius category. Obviously, since she is a woman, she is doing her job brilliantly!
I mean look at all the uplifting, empowering stories that show how amazing women are. Can a 300 pound linebacker be flattened by a 95 pound girl? Of course! As long as she believes in herself!
But there is danger out there. What if a woman does something and someone says that it is not very good. That would hurt her self-esteem! Since we've already proven that women are indeed capable of doing everything far better than men, this attempt to hurt women's self-esteem must be stopped. There will be a meeting followed by a handout of the new rules about how all men must grovel a sufficient amount everyday to be allowed in the room with women's amazing wonderfulness.
So, obviously, Mr. "She's not doing her job" you are just a supporter of the white male patriarchy, since you hate women and want them all to be barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen.
Don't worry, though. We'll re-educate you. Oh yes we will...
Perhaps (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:5, Funny)
That's offensive (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:5, Funny)
That kinda scared me a little.....
Well, since you ask... (Score:3, Funny)
There are also more dialogs, but most of them are just confirmations, with no option to cancel. Sometimes users are forced to read instructions or show concern for the programs wellbeing before being able to proceed.
Female code is also shorter and lighter, more often mutli-threaded, and tends to be harder to debug.
Female software tends to lock-in users with very strict and specific End User License Agreements. You also lose half of your harddrive if you switch to another program, or are caught making out in another window.
And so on and so forth.
Re:Women aren't good programmers (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:5, Funny)
-uso.
Comment removed (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:1, Funny)
She was that fat, ey?
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:4, Funny)
Re:yeah yeah... (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe that's the key after all!
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Remember: Sexism's Only Alright If It Favors Wo (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Actual comments from woman-code: (Score:4, Funny)
"If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you!" - quote from my ex when I asked her what was wrong.
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:5, Funny)
That kinda scared me a little.....
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Beware of Female Programmers (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:3, Funny)
Duct Tape is like the force, it has a light side, a dark side and binds the universe together.
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Do women write better code? (Score:4, Funny)
Hello, I'm Bloodoflethe, and I write code like a girl. *cries*
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Do women write better code? (Score:3, Funny)
(cue heroic music)
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:3, Funny)
WTF? (Score:1, Funny)
I don't care if you are a transsexual midget; if you write better code then I do, I want to work with you.
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:3, Funny)
I think the parent was inferring that they used a high level language with a compiler that took their rough code which indicates their general intension and produced something fast efficient and compact which did exactly what they wanted to do with minimal effort on their part, mainly because the compiler subconsciously wanted to sleep with them. I have certainly been such a compiler before, damn woman, they're too good at this programming milarky. They are very good at selecting the right tool for the job
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Of course (Score:4, Funny)
// GONNA SHAVE WITH A RAZOR BLADE YEAH
oStore.getValidator().validateInput(lstFormElements);
// GONNA PUNCH YOUR LIGHTS OUT IF YOU KEEP LOOKING AT ME YEAH
oStore.getCCProcessor().processPurchaseTrxn(listFormElements.get('CC'));
// TIRED OF CODING TIME FOR WORKING OUT THEN STRIP CLUB YEAH
oStore.getWorkflow().getNextPage();
Seems pretty standard and I could see a woman coding it the same way.
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:3, Funny)
I dunno...I think if you start mentioning the word snatch too much in the work place associated with women, you're gonna get slapped with a lawsuit, and fired pretty quickly...
Re:Do women write better code? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Of course (Score:2, Funny)