[cfe-dev] 2018 LLVM Foundation's Women in Compilers and Tools Workshop

[Keane, Erich via cfe-dev]

David-
I've typed and deleted a message similar to yours about a hundred times over the last few days, but could never express these thoughts as eloquently as you did.  I'm a touch ashamed of myself for not responding initially, but am thoroughly thankful that you did so.

Our industry is famous for gatekeeping and generally being unwelcoming to outsiders.  Anything our project can do to make ourselves obviously welcoming to those who have been otherwise discouraged in the past is also greatly appreciated.

Tanya- Please do not take any misguided posts by a vocal minority as the opinions of the project at large.  Your contributions to the project are greatly appreciated by most here.

I also do not speak officially as a representative for my employer, however if I felt that my comments weren't reflected by my company's values, they would no longer be my employer.

-Erich

-----Original Message-----
From: cfe-dev [mailto:cfe-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org] On Behalf Of David Greene via cfe-dev
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2018 8:44 AM
To: Marcus Johnson <bumblebritches57 at gmail.com>
Cc: tanyalattner at llvm.org; cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org
Subject: Re: [cfe-dev] 2018 LLVM Foundation's Women in Compilers and Tools Workshop

I hate to feed the trolls, but this needs to be addressed.

This is not "SJW" stuff.  And even if it were, shouldn't we all be warriors for social justice?

There are real, systemic barriers to women in technical fields and computing is particularly bad in this way.

I am not writing as a representative of the company I work for, but I will say that as a senior technical member of our compiler team, I am thrilled that effort is being put into getting more women excited about and involved in compilers.  The diversity of experience and ideas that women bring to the table make our technical teams better.  Beyond being a moral issue and far secondary to it, there is a real business case for investing in making technical fields more accessible to women.

                            -David


Marcus Johnson via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> writes:

>     You've already had people stop being involved over your SJW
>     nonsense, are you seriously still trying to push that shit?
>
> Keep in mind, the entire LLVM toolchain is permissively licensed, you 
> can be dropped whenever the people decide.
>
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