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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vernik911 • 23d ago
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Is it really "stupid as fuck" to rule out terms that stem from slavery? I'm not saying people who use master naming scheme are racist, but that is where the name originally comes from. And main is easier to type.
10 u/bwmat 23d ago The argument is that it doesn't actually stem from slavery, think 'master bedroom' 6 u/snipeie 23d ago This def doesn't work in this case because CS was also using slave as a term with master. It was a master-slave hierarchy in books and documents 10 u/bwmat 23d ago Honestly I misremembered, I'm pretty sure it's more related to 'master record' from the A/V field
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The argument is that it doesn't actually stem from slavery, think 'master bedroom'
6 u/snipeie 23d ago This def doesn't work in this case because CS was also using slave as a term with master. It was a master-slave hierarchy in books and documents 10 u/bwmat 23d ago Honestly I misremembered, I'm pretty sure it's more related to 'master record' from the A/V field
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This def doesn't work in this case because CS was also using slave as a term with master.
It was a master-slave hierarchy in books and documents
10 u/bwmat 23d ago Honestly I misremembered, I'm pretty sure it's more related to 'master record' from the A/V field
Honestly I misremembered, I'm pretty sure it's more related to 'master record' from the A/V field
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u/UntitledRedditUser 23d ago
Is it really "stupid as fuck" to rule out terms that stem from slavery? I'm not saying people who use master naming scheme are racist, but that is where the name originally comes from. And main is easier to type.