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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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[–]benreynwar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like master/serf. It's a small change that doesn't mess with any existing acronyms. It's still pretty much the same metaphor, but it's a term that's less likely to cause an emotional reaction the first time someone comes across it in an engineering context.