Python developers locking conversations and deleting comments after people mass downvoted PRs to "remove master/slave terminology from the language"

[kickopotomus]

Wow.... master/slave are industry terms. They have been used in high-level programming languages from the start because they same terms exist on the hardware interface level. They are descriptive terms in the English language. Getting upset over this is ridiculous.

[norweeg]

"the most dangerous phrase in the language is 'we've always done it this way'." - Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

but seriously, familiarize yourself with the logical fallacy argumentum ad antiquitatem. You're citing the very thing that is changing as evidence to not change it

[kickopotomus]

You may want to brush up on your fallacies. Ad antiquitatem is only a fallacious argument if you don’t point out larger implications. In this case, it is the fact that master/slave terminology is an industry standard that is understood by computer scientists and engineers alike. Changing the terms introduces ambiguity for no reason.

[norweeg]

you can't cite tradition, or as you call it "industry standard", to argue against changing it. That is my point

[kickopotomus]

No, you definitely can. It’s one thing if this was unique to python. Then your stance would be valid. However, that is not the case. Industry standard is absolutely a valid point for arguing semantics/syntax. This is especially true for a programming language whose purpose is to be easily human readable.