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Dietrich · Jun 2nd, 2006, 10:11 AM

In thread http://www.programmingforums.org/for...ad.php?t=10046 it was pointed out that professional programmers are mostly men. Can anybody give a good reason why that is so?

Does it come from the days when computers were huge ungainly machines taking up a wole basement?

Programming was done with punch-cards that could weigh hundreds of pounds for large programs?

Then there was the weight of stacks of tapes and disk platters?

Well, these were a few questions my dad brought up. On the lighter side of things, can you write a Python program to figure out if the author of a thread is male or female?

Jun 2nd, 2006, 10:11 AM	#1
Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	The Manly Task of Programming In thread http://www.programmingforums.org/for...ad.php?t=10046 it was pointed out that professional programmers are mostly men. Can anybody give a good reason why that is so? Does it come from the days when computers were huge ungainly machines taking up a wole basement? Programming was done with punch-cards that could weigh hundreds of pounds for large programs? Then there was the weight of stacks of tapes and disk platters? Well, these were a few questions my dad brought up. On the lighter side of things, can you write a Python program to figure out if the author of a thread is male or female? __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats!