I was not aiming to protect children from the f-word. My intention was
to ensure that parents or teachers would be less likely to choose to
block children's access to Ruby source code. Do you understand the
difference?

Andrew

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Aaron Patterson
<aaron / tenderlovemaking.com> wrote:
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> Issue #5625 has been updated by Aaron Patterson.
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> Status changed from Assigned to Third Party's Issue
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> Parenting is outside the scope of ruby source code.  ¨Βζζεξσιφε χοςδαςγοξτεψτυαμαξοξμω παςεξτ γατεαγτθειγθιμχθατ τθεσχοςδνεαξξδ χθετθεος ξοιτ ισ ΟΛ το υστθεν αξιξ χθατ γοξτεψτο υσος ξουστθεν ¨Βοςοφες τθεω γθαξηε χιτθ τινε ¨ε®ηΆχτζΆ©γουξτς¨γονπαςεςιτισθ αξΑνεςιγαξ Εξημισθ©μαξηυαηεετγ®  ¨Βεαγθιξτθεσδιζζεςεξγεισ σονετθιξοξμω παςεξτ θατθγοξτεψτο δο> ----------------------------------------
> Bug #5625: Remove profanity and pejoratives
> http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5625
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> Author: Andrew Grimm
> Status: Third Party's Issue
> Priority: Normal
> Assignee: Eric Hodel
> Category:
> Target version:
> ruby -v: ruby 1.8.8dev (2011-05-25) [i386-darwin10.7.0]
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> There are currently 6 lines with the f-word, 4 lines with "wtf" that weren't just random combinations of letters, and one line with "bullshit".
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> While I personally dislike such profanity, the main benefit from getting rid of it is that it'd mean people of all ages could read Ruby's source code.
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> There's also three lines where "lame" is used as a pejorative. Using a group of people as a pejorative should be avoided.
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