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> Switching to primary/secondary would completely obscure what is going on, you might as well call them apple/orange, while with master and slave it is very cle
by mcphage 6y ago
> Switching to primary/secondary would completely obscure what is going on, you might as well call them apple/orange, while with master and slave it is very clear.
This meaning for master and slave is not clear at all. It’s merely familiar to you.
- magicalhippo 6y agoYou could say that about anything. Most common jargon already have a clear meaning. Primary/secondary has a clear meaning to me, same with leader/follower. Both are very different from master/slave. I'm not saying we must at all cost continue to use master/slave, I'm not married to that piece of language. But I'm struggling to find cases where primary/secondary would be a good replacement for master/slave. That's assuming master/slave was a good fit in the first place.
- mcphage 6y ago> You could say that about anything. Yes, you could.