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
Conversation 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.
I've had people at the company I work complain about it internally.
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