On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 01:25:28PM -0500, Michael Barr wrote: > In the early days of computing, most programmers were women. This was not > because anyone thought that women were in any way superior (don't make me > laugh), but because they felt that programming was essentially a > clerical task and women were suitable to being clerks. Only later was it If that's not too much of an oversimplification, that's awesome. Strong evidence the hideously skewed sex ratio in CS is cultural, not due to superior male ability in programming and logic. (Superior male tight focus on machines and not getting out much, maybe.) -xx- Damien X-)