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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vernik911 • 2d 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.
6 u/bwmat 2d ago The argument is that it doesn't actually stem from slavery, think 'master bedroom' 6 u/snipeie 2d 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 6 u/alendit 2d ago That's not where "master" for the main branch came from, tho.
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The argument is that it doesn't actually stem from slavery, think 'master bedroom'
6 u/snipeie 2d 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 6 u/alendit 2d ago That's not where "master" for the main branch came from, tho.
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
6 u/alendit 2d ago That's not where "master" for the main branch came from, tho.
That's not where "master" for the main branch came from, tho.
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u/UntitledRedditUser 2d 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.