2020-06-16T21:20:41+02:00

The following articles from The Register report on a current push for changes in some of the terms and metaphors used in software development. I definitely see the change as an improvement, to replace terms such as “blacklist” and “master-slave” to more inclusive use of language. See also the Internet Engineering Task Force draft on “Terminology, Power and Oppressive Language”.

• “Developers renew push to get rid of objectionable code terms to make ’the world a tiny bit more welcoming’”
• “GitHub to replace master with main across its services”
• “Splunk to junk masters and slaves once a committee figures out replacements”