I'm not claiming that weaving & knitting *aren't* good analogies for software
rather, the opposite. I am pointing out that weaving (especially since mid-20th c) and knitting (substantially longer) are coded female, but have at least as good a claim to be "what software is about" as math (coded male)
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Jeremy Kahn
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