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Git's use of master has nothing to do with the master/slave idea. The word master been a word longer than it has been associated with slavery. Not every use of
by aeonsky 6y ago
Git's use of master has nothing to do with the master/slave idea. The word master been a word longer than it has been associated with slavery. Not every use of master is offensive/rooted in slavery/racism.
- komali2 6y ago> The word master been a word longer than it has been associated with slavery. Hah, what? Slavery is as old as language, so I find this an interesting suggestion. Edit: good points about the origin of language below. Another interesting question: if there had been more black computer scientists in early day MIT, Stanford, etc, would these terms have been adapted to the new technologies?
- allan_s 6y agomaster -> maetre (old french) -> magister latin magister in latin, as far as I remember is the term used for the teacher (which is the same meaning in modern french, maître is how you call a teacher of primary school)
- bonzini 6y agoLatin used dominus for the master of a slave, and magister for someone who mastered or taught something.