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It feels to me, that people don't realize that there are probably a lot more people out there who speak English not as their first language, hence they don't ha
by onetom 8y ago
It feels to me, that people don't realize that there are probably a lot more people out there who speak English not as their first language, hence they don't have the same connotations of many words as the native speakers.
When I hear Django for example, first thing I think of is the slave from the "Django Unchained" Tarantino movie (or Django Reinhardt, the gypsy musician)...
Maybe this web framework shouldn't name itself after such a famous slave!...
Or from another point of view:
What a dick move was it from Tarantino to name his slave protagonist after such a popular web framework, which tries to be respectful, by avoiding references to slaves.
Also, I'm very much interested in the comment which sparked this thread.
I find it quite freaky, in a 1984-ish way, that it is completely inaccessible now.
What's next, flagging-people?
Burning books is just a few steps away...
You are a bit too trigger happy, maybe...
- airstrike 8y ago> or Django Reinhardt, the gypsy musician Well, that's precisely who the framework is named after... https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/faq/general/#what-does-django-mean-and-how-do-you-pronounce-it https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/faq/general/#what-does...
- ecmascript 8y agoI linked to the now infamous Django PR that removes the words "slave" and "master" and said I stopped using django since then (after writing it is a great framework).