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C plus equality (C+=) from 'Feminist Software Foundation'

 
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I found an article http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/19/feminist_software_foundation_c_plus_equality/

Feminist Software Foundation gets grumpy with GitHub … or does it?
'Smash the toxic Patriarchy inherent in all computer programming languages'

A group called The Feminist Software Foundation has accused GitHub of misogyny after it disabled access to a repository containing its first effort: a feminist programming language called “C+=”.

Pronounced either “C plus equality” or “see equality”, C+= has since found a home at bitbucket.org, where a manifesto declares it is “a feminist programming language, created to smash the toxic Patriarchy that is inherent in and that permeates all current computer programming languages.”



where to get that? I googled and all repos are censured. Any idea?
 
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If you read all the way to bottom of the article, it says that this is a joke:

Update It's been pointed out to The Reg C+= is absolutely a joke, and that the source of the gag is an in joke bubbling up out of 4chan and best-understood by those who inhabit that site's depths.

 
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No. There was a language spec (yes a joke) what you could do "git clone". It was a long text with jokes. I don't find this full version anymore.
 
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All the details are at http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/c-plus-equality-c, including a link to the repo.
 
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Ulf Dittmer wrote:All the details are at http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/c-plus-equality-c, including a link to the repo.



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http://feministsoftwarefoundation.org


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The requested URL /p/c-plus-equality/ was not found on this server. That’s all we know.



gitorious.org



seems everywhere down
 
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Ah, I only made it as far as https://gitorious.org/c-plus-equality/c-plus-equality/source/cefcfb4276889bd3833c539225a9cdfd3eb16d33:, which looked serviceable to me. If it isn't I'd concur that most likely that's as far as the prank went.
 
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It is now at
https://gitlab.com/femsf/c-plus-equality
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GitLab has been intolerant regarding related issues in the past, so you may wish to

before it disappears. On the other hand, it has been a while since media attention.

Additionaly,
it would be appropriate for the other FSF to change their name to Feminist Software Foundation now.
 
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