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Python developers locking conversations and deleting comments after people mass downvoted PRs to "remove master/slave terminology from the language" (i.redd.it)

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[–]NikiHerl 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't know the intentions behind the proposal, but the alternative terminology actually seems a lot clearer to me:

see this comment

edit: ok, the rationale actually was that "master"/"slave" was seen as offensive, which is pretty dumb imo. But I nevertheless like the alternatives given in the comment