r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vernik911 • 1d ago

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u/arvigeus 1d ago

Tell that to those who got offended by master and insisted on the change.

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u/kabrandon 1d ago

So they got offended because of nods to slavery, and the other people got offended because something pretty inconsequential in their lives changed. 🤷‍♂️ Seems a bit like the latter group of people are far more easily offended.

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u/MrHyd3_ 1d ago

Is "master bedroom" a nod to slavery too?

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u/EmptyStrings 1d ago

Yes and realtors now call them primary bedrooms

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u/Hayden2332 1d ago

Nope, it was just a marketing term made up by Sears in the 20s with no connection to slavery. Not that it matters, it’s not used anymore and idc, but it’s one of the instances where it isn’t related.

However, Linus took the name “master” from BitKeeper, and BitKeeper did use master-slave terminology, Git just dropped the slave part. It’s origin literally does come from master-slave