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Concepts don't stop existing merely because you ban the words used to refer to them. Masters and slaves have always existed in human history and will probably a
by rewqfdsa 11y ago
Concepts don't stop existing merely because you ban the words used to refer to them. Masters and slaves have always existed in human history and will probably always exist. When we use the terms in software, we draw a metaphor from this experience. There's nothing wrong with that.
- untothebreach 11y agoI don't see where anyone has proposed we "ban" any words at all. What I see are people who suggest that we use a different set of words, that accomplish the same ends as "master/slave," except with words that aren't associated with slavery. > "Masters and slaves have always existed in human history and will probably always exist" I don't understand this argument. I'm not saying your statement is wrong, but I fail to see how this is a justification for using the words in a technical context.
- rewqfdsa 11y agoI don't accept that we can't use words that accurately describe a concept merely because some people find that concept unpleasant.
- untothebreach 11y agoReally? Slavery is "unpleasant?" Going to the dentist is "unpleasant." The enslavement of an entire race of people goes quite a ways beyond "unpleasant."
- AnimalMuppet 11y ago> The enslavement of an entire race of people goes quite a ways beyond "unpleasant." Absolutely. But what we're talking about isn't racial. The last time I worked on a master/slave setup (I forget whether we used those terms), the "master" and "slave" were of the same race. In fact, the slave could become the master, and the master could become the slave. You may tell me that we're talking about the words, and I suppose that's true. But the words are also used for same-race slavery, so the words are not inherently about a racially-charged situation either.