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"Master", however, is as prevalent as "primary" in this discussion "slave" is the implied counterpart. It would be better if we completely abandoned that termi
by pygy_ 4y ago
"Master", however, is as prevalent as "primary" in this discussion "slave" is the implied counterpart.
It would be better if we completely abandoned that terminology.
- moochmooch 4y agoIt wouldn't be better, it would be arbitrary
- judge2020 4y agoOut of all the comments that use the term "master" as of right now[1-5], the first three specifically use the term "replica" while the 4th and 5th use the verb "replicate" (in the present tense and past-tense). 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31341392 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31341392 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31341661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31341661 3: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31340318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31340318 4: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31340169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31340169 5: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31342145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31342145
- samatman 4y ago