Tony Morris

Programming languages are a social construct. My piece w/ @AriTalking about how social bias masquerades as PL bias. https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/c-is-manly-python-is-for-n00bs-how-false-stereotypes-turn-into-technical-truths …

@jeanqasaur @AriTalking do you think that reinforcing stereotypes of functional programming undercuts your main point?

@andrewfnewman Ah yes. Hard to talk about any lang in an unbiased way. Ppl have their own defs of "research" & "industry use." @AriTalking

@jeanqasaur @AriTalking also FP isn't just for privileged people - that idea holds back the industry as much as "women don't want to code".

@andrewfnewman But I think we agree. In the article we do say that the stereotypes about FP are harmful! @AriTalking

@jeanqasaur @AriTalking the paragraph about Haskell and Idris.