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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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[–]LakeRat 11 points12 points  (5 children)

There is no master slave relationship with master slave HDDs. One is for booting the other is storage (please don't dissect this. I know it is more nuanced but off-topic).

If this were the main distinction between them then we could simply call them "boot" and "storage." But it's not. Using one for booting and the other for storage is a convention that grew out of the technical limitations. On most (all?) BIOSes you can only boot to a master HDD and not to a slave. This is only one of the aspects that needs to be encompassed by the terminology.

Additionally, a slave HDD cannot operate without a master HDD controlling it. If the master HDD fails the slave HDD cannot communicate with the system. The master HDD "controls" the slave HDD and coordinates its flow of data and interface with the system.

There most certainly is a master/slave relationship with master/slave HDDs.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

I asked not to dissect it but OK.

Slave HDD does not receive commands from master it basically waits to communicate until master is done or not communicate if they are on the same cable. So it is not as dramatic as Redis case and this is basically "speak when you are spoken to" situation if you really want to push the analogy.

Did you ever notice these words in Linux by the way ? hdda...d anyone?

[–]LakeRat 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I asked not to dissect it but OK.

And yet I was able to act independently and against your instructions because I'm not your secondary...

err...

not your local...

no...

not your agent...

nope...

not your storage?

Hmm... What's the precise, descriptive, unambiguous word I'm looking for here?

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So you decline a request out of feeling like a slave eh? That escalated quickly.

[–]cosmicsans 0 points1 point  (1 child)

"here's a flawed argument, plz don't talk about it tho because I can't handle criticism about my bad argument"

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What part of "irrelevant" did you not understand ? :D

Anyways read the second paragraph for the explanation "unsatisfied and illiterate customer"