I think it’s pretty stupid of the developer to have that attitude. I think it’s equally as stupid to advocate against using a piece of software because of that, though
I think the fact that using a neuter pronoun is so charged that we can’t even speak or write our language correctly is insane.
I’ve written thousands of technical documents, if you are referring to a generic operator / user / whatever the correct term to use is “they.” That’s how you say “the person that I’m referring to that I don’t know anything about”
There was a brief madness in the 90s when fucking morons used “he/she” for absolutely no reason.
I think it’s pretty stupid of the developer to have that attitude. I think it’s equally as stupid to advocate against using a piece of software because of that, though
I think he misinterpreted it as a complaint made on political grounds, when it seems to have been made on the grounds of perfectionism.
Not really perfectionism just grammar
I think the fact that using a neuter pronoun is so charged that we can’t even speak or write our language correctly is insane.
I’ve written thousands of technical documents, if you are referring to a generic operator / user / whatever the correct term to use is “they.” That’s how you say “the person that I’m referring to that I don’t know anything about”
There was a brief madness in the 90s when fucking morons used “he/she” for absolutely no reason.