[warmfuzzykitten]

Not just angry-old-guy, but angry-obtuse-old-guy. The facts are not in question, just the reasons and the result. The fact that there are fewer women in computing than there are in the general population does not imply that women are ill-suited for the profession or even that there is a correlation between women's capabilities/inclinations and their representation in computing, because the facts about abilities/inclination have not been established. Fowler, in fact, said he doesn't know what the reason is. And by the way, the word is 'audacity', not 'audaciousness'. Use in a sentence: I am struck by the audacity of ranting on at length arguing with things Fowler didn't actually say.