On 9/26/18 3:58 AM, David Palao wrote: > Hello, > My opinion is that the terms "master/slave" describe well some situations. > They could be seen by some people as offensive (although unfortunately > sometimes true, even today) when applied to persons. But it is not > offensive when applied to processes in a computer. They are not living > entities.
Exactly. It's like the word "bitch". It's a perfectly good word when used correctly but extremely offensive when applied to women. Maybe we should change the name of the language because calling someone a snake is pejorative. I bet the PC police could find many words in the language that are offensive when applied to people. Where is Lenny Bruce when we need him? -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain System Administrator, Vex.Net http://www.Vex.Net/ IM:da...@vex.net VoIP: sip:da...@vex.net -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
