[NoahSussman]

> there seems to still be a growing population of women in the community.

Just keep in mind that, whatever growth you've observed, the number of women in programming now is much lower than it was in the 1980s.

For some historical statistics see http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-08-26/opinions/35268...

[roguecoder]

The percentage of women is lower, but the total number is higher.

[sophacles]

So what? Percentage is the statistic that matters in discussions like this. Unless you are suggesting that there is some upper limit on the number of women that can ever be involved in programming at one time.

How does notion work to you - is there some sort of cosmic female hive-mind that determines the quotas of them that can be part of any given activity? Is it some sort of feedback loop so that we as a species are approaching the limit of $MAX_FEMALE_DEVS?

[pjscott]

I think you've mistaken a factual nitpick for a bigger argument.

[revelation]

Society was very different in 1980. Maybe we should be very careful to reach these conclusions.