If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology's problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.
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Don’t know anyone who has a problem with it
I think it was just an ad campaign by Github to capitalize on BLM
6 10 ReplyConversation has been going for over 20 years.
I loathe the "responder" term in "Controller/Responder" but whatever. If learning to use two different words increases accessibility it's fine. I'm pretty good at learning words and what they mean. Been doing it my whole life.
3 0 ReplyI've had people at the company I work complain about it internally.
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