Females in the community.

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 03/23/2016 12:42 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Tuesday, 22 March 2016 at 20:37:27 UTC, Chris Wright wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:33:47 +0000, deadalnix wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday, 22 March 2016 at 18:19:16 UTC, Chris Wright wrote:
>>>> There was Janice Caron, who was helpful and eager and got a fair bit
>>>> of code into phobos. From what I recall, she was not well treated by
>>>> the community.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> [citation needed]
>>
>> It was on IRC in a private channel. I don't keep IRC logs for more
>> than five years.
>
> Janice Caron's last post was in 2008. I've been on #d since 2006, and
> the first time I've seen Andrei on IRC was in 2010.
>
> Additionally, I've met Andrei in person on multiple occasions.
>
> I find this extremely hard to believe.

I'm not sure what was being implied, but just to clarify a few simple 
facts: Janice and I never interacted on IRC. She and I had a meaningful 
private correspondence for a good while, during which she also revealed 
her identity. I do remember a flamewar in this forum that she found 
harassing, which I did not take part to and which is not easy to find 
and follow because some posts have been removed at the posters' request. 
We'd do good to generally avoid colportage of rumor. And of course, 
making this forum friendlier and more welcoming is something we always 
should aspire to. Thanks! -- Andrei