[asdff]

Reminds me of the whole "Python is for Brahmins" stuff at Microsoft India office.

[vishnugupta]

Looks like it was a satire? I couldn’t find any authoritative sources on it.

https://www.m9.news/social-media-viral/viral-microsoft-caste...

[ralfd]

What? Can you explain?

[ZiiS]

The was a lawsuit that they only allowed favoured castes to use Python.

[vishnugupta]

I think it’s about software engineers, who are supposed to be impervious about effects of caste structures and hierarchy, judging programming languages from the caste lens.

That is my interpretation, please don’t hold me against it

[rufdhxd]

Someone once told me Indian software companies deliberately hold "secondary" staff like support etc under worse conditions than engineers (smaller monitors, less windows on walls, etc), because there was some law that said if they would get the same treatment, they would be eligible for same pay.

So they made sure the treatment was obviously inferior.

So, no idea but the Python restriction might have been only one more deliberate hardship on some poor folks.

If someone knows something more accurate, happy to learn.

[orsorna]

The exact quote "python is for brahmins" brings up top links on incels.is and 4chan, so perhaps OC's character is something worth dismissing.

[quibono]

This is a bizarre reply? IIRC there was a law suit involved

[margalabargala]

That's how the story goes, yes.

It's satirical fiction. There was no lawsuit, just blogs saying there was.

https://www.m9.news/social-media-viral/viral-microsoft-caste...