On 23/09/2018 15:45, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > *sigh*. I'm with Hettinger on this. >> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/11/python_purges_master_and_slave_in_political_pogrom/ >I am as well. Don't fix what is not broken. The semantics (in programming) might not be an exact match, but people have been using these sorts of terms for a long time without anyone objecting. This sort of language control is just thought control of the wrong sort. -- Robin Becker