El 06/09/2024 a las 14:31, John Maddock via Boost escribió:
Inclusivity
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[...] And of course inclusivity also extends further than gender: to non-native English speakers to name but one.
I'm very glad that you raised the issue of participation barriers for people with low (or no) English skills. Being a non-native English speaker myself, language inclusivity (not to be confused with inclusive language) has always interested me. The topic has not been discussed very often here, perhaps, if I may venture, because it does not rank high in the Anglosphere's political debate. For example, participation in the project from people from East Asian countries is very low in proportion to their usage of C++ and Boost, which I think can be largely attributed to linguistic barriers. Some countries from the area (China, Japan) struggle to increase English proficiency among their citizens, with limited success. There are brave efforts to bring Boost closer to local audiences, such as boostjp from Akira Takahashi and others: https://boostjp.github.io/index.html which provides documentation in Japanese on Boost and some of its libraries, plus a study group and an online forum oriented to Japanese-speaking developers. This effort should be recognized, supported and linked from boost.org, IMHO. It would be great if we started a conversation on how we can make Boost more accessible and appealing to developers who are not fluent enough in the English language to engage in the project in its current form. Possibly by reaching out first to the people running boostjp and similar initiatives. Joaquin M Lopez Munoz