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Linux 5.8 Formally Adds The Inclusive Terminology Guidelines
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Originally posted by wertigon View PostThis thread will most probably be the shitstorm of the year; see many people kneejerking over this just because - but please look a step further.
I for one welcome this change, but not because it is using inclusive language; No, rather I welcome this change because it tightens up the terminology in a *lot* of places.
Master / Slave is very seldom the best terminology. Take, for instance, a CPU core scheduler that delegates tasks with the help of a "master" process and "slave" workers. Isn't it better that these are given more precise names, such as "Controller / Worker" or "Host / Proxy"? This is a much more specific term; and thus, it is much more descriptive. Same thing with a network driver - is it not better to have "Sender / Receiver" or "Requester / Responder"?
Most people will keep using master / slave language out of habit - if you can, check if there is a more descriptive term first. As a bonus, you won't appear to be a kneejerking douchebag when writing new terminology.
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Originally posted by wertigon View PostMaster / Slave is very seldom the best terminology. Take, for instance, a CPU core scheduler that delegates tasks with the help of a "master" process and "slave" workers. Isn't it better that these are given more precise names, such as "Controller / Worker" or "Host / Proxy"? This is a much more specific term; and thus, it is much more descriptive. Same thing with a network driver - is it not better to have "Sender / Receiver" or "Requester / Responder"?
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Originally posted by carbonchauvinist View PostSmh, sometimes I'm really ashamed to be a part of the "linux community".. seeing the endless mee-too posts here only works to reinforce that.
For those that actually care I'll leave this here:
Quoted from excellent post below:
Inclusiveness in Language for Outsiders Looking In
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I find myself troubled by movements like this. It feels too much like "sanitization" to me. I personally believe very little will change for the better because of it. But, there are probably a small number of people who will feel more welcomed in the FOSS community, so I'm willing to defer my opinion.
Originally posted by sverris View Post
And words can hurt, can't they?
What I find much more frustrating is that people allow words to do more damage to them than a bullet or club ever could. "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me" was a rule of human society once, long ago. Now bullying is amplified by a victim's willful empowerment of hate speech, or just plain mean words. Why allow oneself to be a victim of words, which sometimes are not even intended to do harm?
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more like "the 1984 guidelines".
in most countries we already have thoughtcrime, newspeak and minitrue.
what's next ?
- mandatory installation of non-binary transgender homosexual apps ?
- state law making it a crime to try to remove spyware ?
- sharing viruses as a civil duty ?
i bet in a few years we'll get reeducation camps "of loving inclusion" with electroshocks therapy, for all those refusing these wonders of modernity.
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