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I think it's the user that makes a connection with racism. I always thought blacklist and whitelist was based on color absorption, black absorbs and therefore d

I think it's the user that makes a connection with racism. I always thought blacklist and whitelist was based on color absorption, black absorbs and therefore doesn't let through anything. White was simply the color opposite to black. I assumed master/slave was adopted from the idea of a master record. The main thing that came to mind is audio mastering, not people. Am I missing something about the origin? It's nice to see changes that make things more clear, however I wish political correctness was not a factor. Are orphan processes and brainfuck next?

Fredej 8y ago
Think of the orphans! When i think master/slave i think SPI master/slave, where the slaves only do as told by the master. In which case the primary/replica relationship would not be suitable, while the master/slave relationship is descriptive of what actually goes on. If we have one (in my view unoffensive, but that might be a cultural thing) term which adequately describes the relationship - why not use it?