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PHP: Gender\Gender - Manual (www.php.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by qaz@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

Genuine question. Why does a program need to know the user’s gender? (I’m asking in general, not in this particular case). Just use gender neutral pronouns to refer to the user, or, better yet, don’t talk to me at all!

Aside from niche things like targeted ads and gendered health tracking and stuff.

[–] cjk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

HR software in Germany needs to know because we have to send this information to the government. Along with a lot of other information.

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