Hairy programming, on the face of it
Investigator Dennis McClain-Furmanski alerts us to two research
projects:
In “Computer languages and facial hair — take two,” the author examines the correlation between kind and amount of facial hair, and the survival rate of persons who develop computer programming languages.
This is a follow up to a previous article from this author, called “Why Microsoft can Blow-Off with C#?.” It examines the correlation between said facial hair and the success of the programming language itself in terms of user satisfaction.
(If the latter fails to load, it can be accessed by a link within the former).
Note that the satisfaction issue is not derived from commercial sales of a compiler, as many are available for free (if not initially, then certainly after failure in the market). Nor is the correlation based strictly on males, as COBOL and its author Admiral Grace Hopper are included.