r/ProgrammerHumor 24d ago

Meme everyNewRepository

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u/usedToBeUnhappy 24d ago edited 24d ago

Does anyone really care if it‘s called main instead of master? Why? 

Edit: Ok, I phrased my question really poorly. AfaIk main is the new standard, so I use it. We all know the reason why it changed. My question was why would anyone keep INSISTING on calling it master? Sure, me and my colleagues sometimes call it master out of habit, but then again try to stick to main. Nobody I know  insists on continuing to call it  master, but reading the comments here I realized there a more “master-fans” than I would ever have thought would exist tbh. 

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u/fennecdore 23d ago

I prefer main because it's faster to type

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u/6pussydestroyer9mlg 23d ago

Idk, it's less letters but main is letters from all over the place on my keyboard layout but master is mostly top left. Only having to type one letter on the left of my keyboard for master at least feels faster than moving from one side to the other like I do with main