From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: First draft of the Emacs website Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:30:00 +0100 Message-ID: <87k2otu9sn.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87io4lem98.fsf@petton.fr> <56604A9C.7080508@gmail.com> <87egf2wxw1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <831tb2imgm.fsf@gnu.org> <87vb8ev9bm.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83vb8eh6ae.fsf@gnu.org> <87r3j2v6g0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <56621332.9000408@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1449268221 22790 80.91.229.3 (4 Dec 2015 22:30:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 22:30:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 04 23:30:21 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a4yrs-0007Lx-LZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:30:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43782 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4yrr-00015y-Ly for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:30:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35293) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4yrg-00014a-Eb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:30:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4yrc-0003XB-Ns for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:30:08 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:58486) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4yrb-0003Vv-8D; Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:30:03 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44069 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1a4yrZ-0004fX-Qb; Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:30:02 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ED1B6DF4C6; Fri, 4 Dec 2015 23:30:00 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <56621332.9000408@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Fri, 4 Dec 2015 14:26:58 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:195906 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > On 12/04/2015 02:44 AM, David Kastrup wrote: >> The Emacs developer list is less frequented by women in my impression >> than the average gay bar. In Victorian England. > > I'm afraid you'll need a better analogy, as it was reasonably common > for women to *run* the gay bars and meeting houses in Victorian > England. For example, see Martha Stacey's well-known house in > Wakefield Street, Bloomsbury, circa 1870. Going back further in time, > perhaps the best-known molly-house in all of pre-Victorian England was > the one run by Margarat Clap in Field Lane, Holborn, circa 1725. emacs-devel: whenever you need it, someone will be there to prove you wrong. -- David Kastrup