Does D have any political goals?

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On Wednesday, 9 November 2022 at 14:01:38 UTC, Quirin Schroll 
wrote:
> I forgot that I’ve seen DIP drafts that used *her* pronouns to 
> refer to an abstract programmer. I’d consider that overtly 
> politically motivated. My personal taste is not even deciding 
> between generic *he* and the recently emerging, yet disputed 
> among linguists, “singular” *they* and just go with *they* and 
> use the plural *programmers.*

At the risk of being political ... singular "they" is a very old 
form in English, and the idea that you _shouldn't_ use it is a 
relatively recent invention:
https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/

The idea you shouldn't split infinitives is similarly recent. ;-)