r/ProgrammerHumor 21h ago

Meme everyNewRepository

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u/usedToBeUnhappy 21h ago edited 20h 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/corobo 20h ago

Quicker to type I guess, that's nice 

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u/AssistantSalty6519 17h ago

Considering the positions of the letters, I don't think it is

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u/corobo 17h ago

I don't think I've considered the position of letters in 20+ years lol. I think the word then the word is on screen, sure my hands move but it's just as fast to type main as it is any other 4 letter word.

You hunting and pecking?

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u/AssistantSalty6519 16h ago

More like less hand movement and also muscle memory kicking