It makes me sad that this is the interpretation you carried away from my post. I am, for better or worse, not a fan of pink, but aside from taking pot-shots at Barbie, I favor supporting other women in CS.

It's good to hear that you were so encouraging and FWIW, If your friend had been sitting next to me in a CS class, I would have been friendly and said hello or traded notes regardless of the color of her laptop.

Thanks for taking the time to read my post and comment.

pps. to your ps. This post was submitted to HN by a guy

I shall remember you fondly on Talk-like-a-pirate day.

Thanks for posting the links to those programs. There's been some real progress in the areas of programming and funding for that kind of thing. I've worked with some of those programs and they're awesome.