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When I read "forking" and "following" on there, it was a revelations: of course, that's so obvious! Those terms are much friendlier than "replication" or "maste
by jinushaun 15y ago
When I read "forking" and "following" on there, it was a revelations: of course, that's so obvious! Those terms are much friendlier than "replication" or "master-slave". It describes the desired result, instead of the underlying technology.
- pvh 15y agoIf you had any idea how long it took to get that language right...
- sgrove 15y agoI'd be curious to hear the alternatives, and the overall process used to arrive at the current language.
- samstokes 15y agoI seem to remember the term "manumission" being floated around during the beta process... :)
- joshuacc 15y agoSeconded.
- pvh 15y agoHmm, this would make a good blog post. I'll draft something up.
- DavidChouinard 15y agoPlease do. There seems to be valuable lessons learnt there.