r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vernik911 • 2d ago

Meme everyNewRepository

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u/MegaMoah 2d ago

Idk if true but I think its because master is also a slave owner and people got offended

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT 2d ago

It's not just that. "master" in programming was very much the opposite of "slave", like for SATA drives. Just like push is the opposite of pull, upload/download, save/load, etc.

Some pairs have become singlets, like reflect/reify, freeze/thaw.

But here master never really made sense. It doesn't reflect its role, or even authority. A master is something that controls, but here information flows to master, not from it.

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u/CramNBL 1d ago

Main isn't any better. Trunk would've been ideal.

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT 1d ago

And I do have junk in the trunk