A provocative thought, and a question.... - Design

jcastroarnaud, 5 months ago Portuguese

A provocative thought, and a question.

After meeting the #Uiua (https://www.uiua.org/) programming language, and identifying it as queer (in both gender and style), I started thinking about the intersection of #ProgrammingLanguage #design and #gender.

I feel that most programming languages are #male: the #imperative #paradigm (do this, then do that) matches the stereotype of "man commanding". Object-oriented #OO paradigm, same thing. #Functional paradigm resembles an assembly line, also stereotypically male.

I feel that some languages are #neutral: SQL and Prolog, both #declarative. But I know no #female language.

Do you see programming languages as gendered? If so, which ones you see as female, and why?

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