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Title: A Feminist programming language
Post by: Jason78 on December 20, 2013, 04:16:53 AM
It's in Tell a Joke or two, because I'm not sure if serious...

Feminist Software Foundation gets grumpy with GitHub (//http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/19/feminist_software_foundation_c_plus_equality/)

QuoteA group called The Feminist Software Foundation has accused GitHub of misogyny after it disabled access to a repository containing its first effort: a feminist programming language called "C+=".

Pronounced either "C plus equality" or "see equality", C+= has since found a home at bitbucket.org, where a manifesto declares it is "a feminist programming language, created to smash the toxic Patriarchy that is inherent in and that permeates all current computer programming languages."
Title: Re: A Feminist programming language
Post by: Plu on December 20, 2013, 05:23:03 AM
Pretty sure the equality sign in programming languages is == and the regalur = is (almost) always called assignment.  :roll:

It's most likely a joke. And the bitbucket version has also gone missing.
Title: Re: A Feminist programming language
Post by: Solitary on December 20, 2013, 01:10:43 PM
Technocrats!  :P  :lol:  Solitary
Title: Re: A Feminist programming language
Post by: Sal1981 on December 20, 2013, 06:17:02 PM
in JS "+=" means adding to a variable, if you didn't already know.

so instead of

someVar = someVar + addVar;

you can write:

someVar += addVar;

But yeah, that's probably just a joke.
Title: Re: A Feminist programming language
Post by: Jason Harvestdancer on December 20, 2013, 06:26:15 PM
+= means something in C and C++.  It means to increment the variable by the amount indicated after the sign.

x == 10
x += 10

At that point x is now equal to 20.
Title: Re: A Feminist programming language
Post by: mykcob4 on December 20, 2013, 08:38:17 PM
Quote from: "Jason78"It's in Tell a Joke or two, because I'm not sure if serious...

Feminist Software Foundation gets grumpy with GitHub (//http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/19/feminist_software_foundation_c_plus_equality/)

QuoteA group called The Feminist Software Foundation has accused GitHub of misogyny after it disabled access to a repository containing its first effort: a feminist programming language called "C+=".

Pronounced either "C plus equality" or "see equality", C+= has since found a home at bitbucket.org, where a manifesto declares it is "a feminist programming language, created to smash the toxic Patriarchy that is inherent in and that permeates all current computer programming languages."
Is this a joke?
Title: Re: A Feminist programming language
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on December 20, 2013, 08:59:50 PM
Wat?
Title: Re: A Feminist programming language
Post by: Plu on December 21, 2013, 05:57:06 AM
I'm aware it means something, but it doesn't mean equality. And yes it's a joke mykcob.
Title: Re: A Feminist programming language
Post by: Atheon on December 21, 2013, 06:05:52 AM
It's a lame joke.