Re: [boost] Fw: [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library

Subject: Re: [boost] Fw: [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library
From: Gordon Woodhull (gordon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-13 07:25:29

On Apr 13, 2011, at 6:50 AM, Robert Kawulak wrote:

>> From: Gordon Woodhull
>> it seems to be popular in English computer science to use "in her language"
> 
> Which is silly given that in English grammar the correct generic pronoun used when gender is not known is "he", not "she". This is
> more a political than linguistic issue.

And partially OT.  Apologies.  

I stand by avoiding gendered pronouns when referring to users in documentation, but it's up to individual taste.  No "its" though.  ;-)