Interesting. I always thought "manager" and "worker" (as commonly employed for thread pools) could be less emotive terms. Or "master" and "servant", perhaps? En

Interesting. I always thought "manager" and "worker" (as commonly employed for thread pools) could be less emotive terms. Or "master" and "servant", perhaps? English has lots of words and I'm sure we can find something less emotive. (But perhaps I'm just too PC - as I actually genuinely don't use the term male and female for plugs and sockets. Never liked them.)