I had a coworker once lament the use of 0xDEADBEEF because he was a vegetarian.
I'm bothered by what lowest common non-offensive denominator we will eventually have to reach. Is 0xCAFEBABE not only offensive to women but is it also offensive to male Starbucks employees?
I don't have the answers. I don't even think I know what the questions are. I just weep for society as a whole over stuff like this.
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I had a coworker once lament the use of 0xDEADBEEF because he was a vegetarian.
I'm bothered by what lowest common non-offensive denominator we will eventually have to reach. Is 0xCAFEBABE not only offensive to women but is it also offensive to male Starbucks employees?
I don't have the answers. I don't even think I know what the questions are. I just weep for society as a whole over stuff like this.
Use both 0xCAFED00D and 0xCAFEBABE at the same time might alleviate some of those concerns.