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> Black list and its opposite, white list, associate black with bad and white with good. > > The usage of black in “black box” means opaque, not bad. > So th
by u801e 6y ago
> Black list and its opposite, white list, associate black with bad and white with good.
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> The usage of black in “black box” means opaque, not bad.
> So these aren’t the same.
Why did this line of reasoning not apply to the name of the default branch in git? master in that case could easily mean master copy.
- aksss 6y agoGit avoids race conditions
- curlypaul924 6y agoYes, master could mean master copy, but that analogy falls apart quickly. Obviously it's not master/slave (I don't even know what a slave branch would mean). But that doesn't mean it's a good name. And not being a good name doesn't mean we should change it everywhere (because change has a cost that must be weighed).